Tex. Gov't Code § 312.013 · Subchapter B. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SEVERABILITY OF STATUTES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(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 not affect other provisions or applications of the statute that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of the statute are severable.
(b) This section does not affect the power or duty of a court to ascertain and give effect to legislative intent concerning severability of a statute.
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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