Texas Government Code - Section 1.001. Purpose Of Code
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§ 1.001. PURPOSE OF CODE. (a) This code is enacted as a
part of the state's continuing statutory revision program, begun by
the Texas Legislative Council in 1963 as directed by the
legislature in the law codified as Chapter 323 of this code. The
program contemplates a topic-by-topic revision of the state's
general and permanent statute law without substantive change.
(b) Consistent with the objectives of the statutory
revision program, the purpose of this code is to make the law
encompassed by this code more accessible and understandable, by:
(1) rearranging the statutes into a more logical
order;
(2) employing a format and numbering system designed
to facilitate citation of the law and to accommodate future
expansion of the law;
(3) eliminating repealed, duplicative,
unconstitutional, expired, executed, and other ineffective
provisions; and
(4) restating the law in modern American English to
the greatest extent possible.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 479, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.
Section: 1.001 1.002 1.003 21.001 21.002 21.004 21.005 21.006 21.007 21.008 21.009 22.001 22.002 22.003 22.004
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