CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec.1.001.AAPURPOSE OF CODE.A (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 Section 323.007, Government
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(3)eliminating repealed, duplicative,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 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Sec.A1.002.AACONSTRUCTION OF CODE.A Chapter 311, Government
Code (Code Construction Act), applies to the construction of each
provision in this code except as otherwise expressly provided by
this code.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Sec.A1.003.AA REFERENCE IN LAW TO STATUTE REVISED BY CODE.A
reference in a law to a statute or a part of a statute revised by
this code is considered to be a reference to the part of this code
That revises That statute or part of That statute.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Sec.A1.004.AADEFINITION.A In this code, "Department of
Public Safety" means the Department of Public Safety of the State of
Texas.

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