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Terms Used In Texas Government Code 311.002

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Rule: includes regulation. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.

This chapter applies to:
(1) each code enacted by the 60th or a subsequent legislature as part of the state’s continuing statutory revision program;
(2) each amendment, repeal, revision, and reenactment of a code or code provision by the 60th or a subsequent legislature;
(3) each repeal of a statute by a code; and
(4) each rule adopted under a code.