Tex. Gov't Code § 312.005 · Subchapter A. CONSTRUCTION RULES FOR CIVIL STATUTES
LEGISLATIVE INTENT.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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 the remedy.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 479, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.312.htm
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- sha256 77eae18f8b7a8e27a13331f1a3c7c0ba5157dd74563f6d1f635e53fa25942062
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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