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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| TX Statutory Research: Historical References |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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