Tex. Gov't Code § 312.012 · Subchapter B. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
GRAMMAR AND PUNCTUATION.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(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 be transposed to give the law meaning.
(b) Punctuation of a law does not control or affect legislative intent in enacting the law.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 479, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.
Source of truth
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- 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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- 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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