Texas Government Code Title 3, Chapter 312 - Construction Of Laws

SUBCHAPTER A CONSTRUCTION RULES FOR CIVIL STATUTES

• Texas Section 312.001 - Application
  This subchapter applies to the construction of all civil statutes. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 479, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.
• Texas Section 312.002 - Meaning Of Words
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), words shall be given their ordinary meaning. (b) If a word is connected with and used with reference...
• Texas Section 312.003 - Tense, Number, And Gender
  (a) Words in the present or past tense include the future tense. (b) The singular includes the plural and the plural includes the singular unless...
• Texas Section 312.004 - Grants Of Authority
  A joint authority given to any number of officers or other persons may be executed by a majority of them unless expressly provided otherwise. Acts...
• Texas Section 312.005 - Legislative Intent
  In interpreting a statute, a court shall diligently attempt to ascertain legislative intent and shall consider at all times the old law, the evil, and...
• Texas Section 312.006 - Liberal Construction
  (a) The Revised Statutes are the law of this state and shall be liberally construed to achieve their purpose and to promote justice. (b) The...
• Texas Section 312.007 - Repeal Of Repealing Statute
  The repeal of a repealing statute does not revive the statute originally repealed. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 479, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.

SUBCHAPTER B MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 312.008 - Statutory References
  Unless expressly provided otherwise, a reference to any portion of a statute, rule, or regulation applies to all reenactments, revisions, or amendments of the statute,...
• Texas Section 312.011 - Definitions
  The following definitions apply unless a different meaning is apparent from the context of the statute in which the word appears: (1) "Affidavit" means a...
• Texas Section 312.012 - Grammar And Punctuation
  (a) A grammatical error does not vitiate a law. If the sentence or clause is meaningless because of the grammatical error, words and clauses may...
• Texas Section 312.013 - Severability Of Statutes
  (a) Unless expressly provided otherwise, if any provision of a statute or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does...
• Texas Section 312.014 - Irreconcilable Amendments
  (a) If statutes enacted at the same or different sessions of the legislature are irreconcilable, the statute latest in date of enactment prevails. (b) If...
• Texas Section 312.015 - Quorum
  A majority of a board or commission established under law is a quorum unless otherwise specifically provided. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268,...
• Texas Section 312.016 - Standard Time
  (a) The standard time in this state is the time at the 90th meridian longitude west from Greenwich, commonly known as "central standard time." (b)...

Last modified: September 28, 2016