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Chapter 312
Construction of Laws

Sections

312.001
Application
312.002
Meaning of Words
312.003
Tense, Number, and Gender
312.004
Grants of Authority
312.005
Legislative Intent
312.006
Liberal Construction
312.007
Repeal of Repealing Statute
312.008
Statutory References
312.011
Definitions
312.012
Grammar and Punctuation
312.013
Severability of Statutes
312.014
Irreconcilable Amendments
312.015
Quorum
312.016
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Blank Outline Levels

The legislature occasionally skips outline levels. For example:

(3) A person may apply [...]
(4)(a) A person petitioning for relief [...]

In this example, (3), (4), and (4)(a) are all outline levels, but (4) was omitted by its authors. It's only implied. This presents an interesting challenge when laying out the text. We've decided to display a blank section with this note, in order to aide readability.

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