Tex. Gov't Code § 312.006 · Subchapter A. CONSTRUCTION RULES FOR CIVIL STATUTES
LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(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 common law rule requiring strict construction of statutes in derogation of the common law does not apply to the Revised Statutes.
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 1bed775157dae7747c8f401861fb59a7f28f572803a689b3b594fff4a673ed5f
- Composed by
- 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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