Tex. Gov't Code Section 316.012
Construction of Reference

If a statute enacted or last amended before 1982 refers by number to an article of the General Appropriations Act, the reference means the article of the current General Appropriations Act, regardless of numerical designation, that corresponds in substance to the numerically cited article as it existed on the date of the enactment or most recent amendment of the statute.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 479, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.

Source: Section 316.012 — Construction of Reference, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.316.htm#316.012 (accessed May 26, 2025).

316.001
Limit 316.002
Duties of Legislative Budget Board 316.003
Publication 316.004
Public Hearing 316.005
Adoption by Committee 316.006
Limit on Budget Recommendations 316.007
Transmission of Recommendations 316.008
Effect of Limit 316.009
Submission of Bill by Governor 316.011
Legislative Intent 316.012
Construction of Reference 316.021
Introduction of Appropriations Bills 316.022
Committee Hearings 316.023
Authorization to Find Fact 316.024
Procedure for Finding Fact 316.031
Legislative Finding and Intent 316.032
Conflicting Laws Suspended 316.033
Funds Excluded 316.041
Legislative Finding and Intent 316.042
Application of Subchapter 316.043
Amount of Fee 316.044
Hearings on Fee Increases at Institutions of Higher Education 316.045
Reduction in Certain Agency Fees 316.071
Fiscal Year 316.072
Reports 316.091
Definition 316.092
Determination of Threshold for Constitutional Transfer to State Highway Fund 316.093
Adjustment of Constitutional Allocations to Fund and State Highway Fund 316.094
Allocation of Certain Amounts Transferred to State Highway Fund

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Original Source: Section 316.012 — Construction of Reference, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.316.htm#316.012 (last accessed May 10, 2025).