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the number of a statute in the slip laws that is assigned once the statute has completed the legislative process. |
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laws dealing with the relationships between the people and their government, between agencies and branches of government, and between governments themselves. |
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the rules of conduct that govern activities occurring among or between persons,as opposed to the rules of conduct governing the relationship between persons and their government |
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the process of arranging laws in a systematic form covering the entire law of a jurisdiction or a particular area of the law; the process of creating a code. |
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recorded events that provide a basis for determining the legislative intent underlying a statute enacted by a legislature |
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TX Statutory Research: Historical References |
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cites to original legislation and subsequent amendments |
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Tx Statutory Research Cross References: |
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Cites to related or qualifying articles in the state code |
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TX Statutory Research Law Review Commentaries |
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cites to articles in law journals that have interpreted the statute |
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TX Statutory Research Library References |
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refers to West digests and Corps Juris Secundum |
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2nd fastest way to get a statute all bills, concurrent resolutions, and joint resolutions that pass into law during a legislative session. Published in Vernon's Session Law Service. Underlined words =new language cross-through words=language removed |
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Fasted way to get access to statutes published immediately after the enactment of a statute contains the first authoritative and official text of the new statute only identification is the public law number |
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cited at stat. official session law publication for all federal law |
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U.S.C.C.A.N. United States Code Congressional & Administrative News |
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earliest and most convenient source for the full text of public laws. |
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Title number, code abbreviation, section number, year |
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United States Statutes at Large contain: |
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house or senate bill number date of enactment purpose of act title or short title of the act definitions operative provisions remedy or enforcement provisions |
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USCA United States Code Annotated |
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put out by West unofficial federal statutes US Constitution and Amendments evidence rules procedure rules |
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USCS United States Code Service |
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Unofficial Put out by LCP annotated fewer notes more details research guide-total client services library same title # |
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in back of volume comes out annually |
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