The Texas Legislative Council is required by Section 323.007, Government Code, to carry out a complete nonsubstantive revision of the Texas statutes. The process involves reclassifying and rearranging the statutes in a more logical order, employing a numbering system and format that will accommodate future expansion of the law, eliminating repealed, invalid, duplicative, and other ineffective provisions, and improving the draftsmanship of the law if practicableall toward promoting the stated purpose of making the statutes "more accessible, understandable, and usable" without altering the sense, meaning, or effect of the law.

As part of the duties relating to continuing statutory revision, the council:

·monitors the acts of each session and proposes nonsubstantive codifications of laws that should be included in previously enacted codes;

·identifies duplicate official citations in enacted codes and proposes appropriate renumbering;

·identifies organizational, reference, and terminology problems in enacted codes and nonsubstantively corrects those problems; and

·makes necessary corrections to enacted codes to conform the codes to the source law from which they were derived.

Section 43, Article III, Texas Constitution, specifically recognized this type of bill as a "revision" for purposes of the legislature's obligation under that section to provide for the revising of laws. As such a revision, the bill is not subject to the constitutional rule prohibiting more than one subject in a single bill or the rule prohibiting amendments by reference.

H.B. 1620 has the purposes of:

·codifying without substantive change various statutes that were omitted from enacted codes;

·renumbering sections, subchapters, and other provisions of codes that duplicate the numbers of other sections, subchapters, or other provisions;

·correcting without substantive change organizational, reference, and terminology problems; and

·making necessary corrections to enacted codes to conform the codes to the source law from which they were derived.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.

ANALYSIS

H.B. 1620 amends the Agriculture Code, Business & Commerce Code, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, Code of Criminal Procedure, Education Code, Family Code, Government Code, Health and Safety Code, Human Resources Code, Insurance Code, Labor Code, Local Government Code, Natural Resources Code, Occupations Code, Parks and Wildlife Code, Penal Code, Special District Local Laws Code, Tax Code, Transportation Code, and Utilities Code to make corrections to those codes, conform other laws to those codes, and codify certain other provisions as new provisions within those codes. The bill makes various nonsubstantive amendments, including amendments to conform the codes to acts of previous legislatures, correct references and terminology, properly organize and number the law, and codify other law that properly belongs in those codes.

H.B. 1620 redesignates provisions of certain of those enacted codes, as well as the Alcoholic Beverage Code, Election Code, and Water Code, and amends those codes to renumber and reletter accordingly.

H.B. 1620 sets out general provisions relating to the nonsubstantive revision and codification undertaken by the bill's provisions and the repeal of certain provisions to account for and conform to those changes.

H.B. 1620 repeals the following provisions to eliminate duplicate provisions and citations and to conform to certain revisions made by the bill:

·Section 14A.001(1) and Section 14A.054(f), Civil Practice and Remedies Code, as added by Chapter 203 (S.B. 1180), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023;

·Section 2, Chapter 624 (H.B. 4372), Section 1, Chapter 870 (H.B. 3981), Section 1, Chapter 950 (S.B. 1727), and Section 1, Chapter 984 (S.B. 2612), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023;

·Section 1, Chapter 196 (S.B. 602), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023;

·Section 2, Chapter 729 (H.B. 2660), and Section 1, Chapter 979 (S.B. 2429), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023;

·Sections 4.001 and 12.006(a), Chapter 861 (H.B. 3474), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023;

·Sections 7, 8, 9, and 45, Chapter 644 (H.B. 4559), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023;

·Section 4.01, Chapter 93 (S.B. 1527), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023;

·Section 7, Chapter 351 (S.B. 1179), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023;

·Section 1, Chapter 697 (H.B. 1603), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023;

·Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, Chapter 525 (H.B. 3186), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023;

·Sections 1 and 2, Chapter 425 (H.B. 1819), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023;

·Section 4, Chapter 1021 (H.B. 5183), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023;

·Section 1, Chapter 749 (H.B. 3917), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023;

·Articles 45A.451(a-1) and 45A.455, Code of Criminal Procedure;

·Section 7, Chapter 1033 (S.B. 24), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023;

·Sections 1 and 2, Chapter 543 (H.B. 3956), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023;

·Article 63.00905(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, as added by Chapter 979 (S.B. 2429), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023;

·Section 15, Chapter 925 (S.B. 1566), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017;

·Section 54.047(f), Family Code, as amended by Chapter 1021 (H.B. 5183), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023;

·Sections 411.1106(b-1) and (c-1), Government Code, as added by Chapter 1089 (S.B. 1192), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023;

·Sections 1 and 2, Chapter 840 (H.B. 2727), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023;

·the following provisions of the Government Code, as effective April 1, 2025:

oSections 523.0255, 532.0303, and 547.0002;

oSections 525.0154 and 525.0155; and

oSubchapter L, Chapter 526;

·Sections 1, 2, 3, and 4, Chapter 1147 (S.B. 956), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023;

·Section 1, Chapter 582 (H.B. 2802), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023;

·Section 1, Chapter 491 (H.B. 1283), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023;

·Section 2.096, Chapter 765 (H.B. 4504), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023;

·Section 1, Chapter 1098 (S.B. 1342), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023;

·Section 1, Chapter 738 (H.B. 3265), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023;

·Section 1, Chapter 944 (S.B. 1677), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023;

·Section 2, Chapter 859 (H.B. 3466), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023;

·Sections 4 and 5, Chapter 739 (H.B. 3286), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023;

·Section 551.083, Government Code;

·Section 133.003(5), Natural Resources Code;

·the following provisions of the Special District Local Laws Code:

othe heading to Chapter 7939;

oSubchapter A, Chapter 7939;

othe heading to Subchapter B, Chapter 7939;

othe heading to Chapter 8370;

oSubchapter A, Chapter 8370;

othe heading to Subchapter B, Chapter 8370; and

oSection 8370.101;

·Section 313.007, Tax Code; and

·the heading to Subchapter Z, Chapter 257, Transportation Code.

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2025.

House Authors

Rep. Jeff LeachRepublican · Primary Author

Coauthors (1)

David Spiller (R)

Senate Sponsor

Sen. Nathan JohnsonDemocrat · Primary Sponsor

Bill Text(with markup)

H.B. No. 1620

AN ACT

relating to nonsubstantive additions to, revisions of, and

corrections in enacted codes, to the nonsubstantive codification or

disposition of various laws omitted from enacted codes, and to

conforming codifications enacted by the 88th Legislature to other

Acts of that legislature.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

SECTION 1.001. This Act is enacted as part of the state's

continuing statutory revision program under Chapter 323,

Government Code. This Act is a revision for purposes of Section 43,

Article III, Texas Constitution, and has the purposes of:

(1) codifying without substantive change or providing

for other appropriate disposition of various statutes that were

omitted from enacted codes;

(2) conforming codifications enacted by the 88th

Legislature to other Acts of that legislature that amended the laws

codified or added new law to subject matter codified;

(3) revising without substantive change provisions in

enacted codes;

(4) making necessary corrections to enacted codes; and

(5) renumbering or otherwise redesignating titles,

chapters, and sections of codes that duplicate title, chapter, or

section designations.

SECTION 1.002. (a) The repeal of a statute by this Act does

not affect an amendment, revision, or reenactment of the statute by

the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025. The amendment,

revision, or reenactment is preserved and given effect as part of

the code provision that revised the statute so amended, revised, or

reenacted.

(b) If any provision of this Act conflicts with a statute

enacted by the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, the statute

controls.

SECTION 1.003. (a) A transition or saving provision of a

law codified by this Act applies to the codified law to the same

extent as it applied to the original law.

(b) The repeal of a transition or saving provision by this

Act does not affect the application of the provision to the codified

law.

temporary provision providing for a special situation in the

transition period between the existing law and the establishment or

implementation of the new law.

SECTION 1.004. (a) The repeal of a law, including a

validating law, by this Act does not remove, void, or otherwise

affect in any manner a validation under the repealed law. The

validation is preserved and continues to have the same effect that

it would have if the law were not repealed.

(b) Subsection (a) of this section does not diminish the

saving provisions prescribed by Section 311.031, Government Code.

ARTICLE 2. CHANGES RELATING TO AGRICULTURE CODE

SECTION 2.001. Section 251.002(1), Agriculture Code, as

amended by Chapters 135 (H.B. 2308), 319 (H.B. 1750), 586 (H.B.

2947), and 711 (H.B. 2271), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular

Session, 2023, is reenacted and amended to read as follows:

(1) "Agricultural operation" includes the following

activities:

(A) cultivating the soil;

(B) producing crops or growing vegetation for

human food, animal feed, livestock forage, forage for wildlife

management, planting seed, or fiber;

(D) viticulture;

(E) horticulture;

(F) silviculture;

(G) wildlife management;

(H) raising or keeping livestock or poultry,

including veterinary services;

(I) planting cover crops or leaving land idle for

the purpose of participating in any governmental program or normal

crop or livestock rotation procedure; [~~and~~]

(J) the commercial sale of animals, as defined by

Section 252.001 of this code; and

(K) [~~(J)~~] aquaculture.

ARTICLE 3. CHANGES RELATING TO BUSINESS & COMMERCE CODE

SECTION 3.001. Section 109.005(a), Business & Commerce

Code, is amended to correct a reference to read as follows:

(a) A business entity may not publish any criminal record

information in the business entity's possession with respect to

which the business entity has knowledge or has received notice

that:

(1) an order of expunction has been issued under

Subchapter E or F, Chapter 55A [~~Article 55A.201~~], Code of Criminal

Procedure; or

(2) an order of nondisclosure of criminal history

record information has been issued under Subchapter E-1, Chapter

411, Government Code.

ARTICLE 4. CHANGES RELATING TO CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE

SECTION 4.001. Section 14A.001(1), Civil Practice and

Remedies Code, as added by Chapter 203 (S.B. 1180), Acts of the 88th

Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, is repealed as duplicative of

Section 14A.001(1), Civil Practice and Remedies Code, as added by

Chapter 351 (S.B. 1179), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular

Session, 2023.

SECTION 4.002. Section 14A.054(f), Civil Practice and

Remedies Code, as added by Chapter 203 (S.B. 1180), Acts of the 88th

Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, is repealed as duplicative of

Section 14A.054(f), Civil Practice and Remedies Code, as added by

Chapter 351 (S.B. 1179), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular

Session, 2023.

SECTION 4.003. Section 78B.001(1), Civil Practice and

Remedies Code, is amended to conform to Chapter 765 (H.B. 4504),

Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, to read as

follows:

(1) "First responder" means a law enforcement, fire

protection, or emergency medical services employee, volunteer, or

agency, including:

(A) a peace officer, as defined by Article 2A.001

[~~2.12~~], Code of Criminal Procedure;

(B) fire protection personnel, as defined by

Section 419.021, Government Code;

(i) certified by the Texas Commission on

Fire Protection or by the State Firefighters' and Fire Marshals'

Association of Texas; or

(ii) a member of an organized volunteer

firefighting unit that provides firefighting services without

compensation and conducts a minimum of two drills each month, each

two hours long;

(D) an individual certified as emergency medical

services personnel by the Department of State Health Services; and

(E) an agency of this state or a political

subdivision of this state authorized by law to employ or supervise

personnel described by Paragraphs (A)-(D).

SECTION 4.004. Section 82.009(a), Civil Practice and

Remedies Code, is amended to conform to Chapter 709 (H.B. 2190),

Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, to read as

follows:

(a) In this section, "retrofit" means to install new

equipment or component parts that were not included in a motor

vehicle when the vehicle was manufactured or sold. The term does

not include:

(1) routine maintenance; or

(2) repairs to the vehicle:

(A) as a result of wear and tear; or

(B) required by damage resulting from a collision

[~~an accident~~] or other cause.

ARTICLE 5. CHANGES RELATING TO CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

SECTION 5.001. (a) Article 2A.001, Code of Criminal

Procedure, is amended to conform to Section 2, Chapter 624 (H.B.

4372), Section 1, Chapter 870 (H.B. 3981), Section 1, Chapter 950

(S.B. 1727), and Section 1, Chapter 984 (S.B. 2612), Acts of the

88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, to read as follows:

Art. 2A.001. PEACE OFFICERS GENERALLY. The following are

peace officers:

(1) a sheriff, a sheriff's deputy, or a reserve deputy

sheriff who holds a permanent peace officer license issued under

Chapter 1701, Occupations Code;

(2) a constable, a deputy constable, or a reserve

deputy constable who holds a permanent peace officer license issued

under Chapter 1701, Occupations Code;

(3) a marshal or police officer of a municipality or a

reserve municipal police officer who holds a permanent peace

officer license issued under Chapter 1701, Occupations Code;

(4) a ranger, officer, or member of the reserve

officer corps commissioned by the Public Safety Commission and the

director of the Department of Public Safety;

(5) an investigator of a district attorney's, criminal

district attorney's, or county attorney's office;

(6) a law enforcement agent of the Texas Alcoholic

Beverage Commission;

(7) a member of an arson investigating unit

commissioned by a municipality, a county, or the state;

(8) an officer commissioned under Section 37.081 or

37.0818, Education Code, or Subchapter E, Chapter 51, Education

Code;

(9) an officer commissioned by the Texas Facilities

Commission;

(10) a law enforcement officer commissioned by the

Parks and Wildlife Commission;

(11) an officer commissioned under Chapter 23,

Transportation Code;

(12) a municipal park and recreational patrol officer

or security officer;

(13) a security officer or investigator commissioned

as a peace officer by the comptroller;

(14) an officer commissioned by a water control and

improvement district under Section 49.216, Water Code;

(15) an officer commissioned by a board of trustees

under Chapter 54, Transportation Code;

(16) an investigator commissioned by the Texas Medical

Board;

(17) an officer commissioned by:

(A) the board of managers of the Dallas County

Hospital District, the Tarrant County Hospital District, the Bexar

County Hospital District, or the El Paso County Hospital District

under Section 281.057, Health and Safety Code;

(B) the board of directors of the Ector County

Hospital District under Section 1024.117, Special District Local

Laws Code;

Hospital District of Midland County, Texas, under Section 1061.121,

Special District Local Laws Code; or

(D) the board of hospital managers of the Lubbock

County Hospital District of Lubbock County, Texas, under Section

1053.113, Special District Local Laws Code;

(18) a county park ranger commissioned under

Subchapter E, Chapter 351, Local Government Code;

(19) an investigator employed by the Texas Racing

Commission;

(20) an officer commissioned under Chapter 554,

Occupations Code;

(21) an officer commissioned by the governing body of

a metropolitan rapid transit authority under Section 451.108,

Transportation Code, or a regional transportation authority under

Section 452.110, Transportation Code;

(22) an investigator commissioned by the attorney

general under Section 402.009, Government Code;

(23) a security officer or investigator commissioned

as a peace officer under Chapter 466, Government Code;

(24) an officer appointed by an appellate court under

Subchapter F, Chapter 53, Government Code;

(25) an officer commissioned by the state fire marshal

under Chapter 417, Government Code;

(26) an investigator commissioned by the commissioner

of insurance under Section 701.104, Insurance Code;

(27) an officer appointed by the inspector general of

[~~apprehension specialist or inspector general commissioned by~~] the

Texas Juvenile Justice Department [~~as an officer~~] under Section

242.102 [~~or 243.052~~], Human Resources Code;

(28) an officer appointed by the inspector general of

the Texas Department of Criminal Justice under Section 493.019,

Government Code;

(29) an investigator commissioned by the Texas

Commission on Law Enforcement under Section 1701.160, Occupations

Code;

(30) a fire marshal or any related officer, inspector,

or investigator commissioned by a county under Subchapter B,

Chapter 352, Local Government Code;

(31) a fire marshal or any officer, inspector, or

investigator commissioned by an emergency services district under

Chapter 775, Health and Safety Code;

(32) a fire marshal or any officer, inspector, or

investigator of a municipality who holds a permanent peace officer

license issued under Chapter 1701, Occupations Code;

(33) an officer commissioned by the State Board of

Dental Examiners under Section 254.013, Occupations Code, subject

to the limitations imposed by that section; and

(34) [~~(33)~~] an Alamo complex ranger commissioned by

the General Land Office under Section 31.0515, Natural Resources

Code, subject to the limitations imposed by that section

[~~investigator commissioned by the Texas Juvenile Justice~~

~~Department as an officer under Section 221.011, Human Resources~~

~~Code~~].

(b) Section 2, Chapter 624 (H.B. 4372), Section 1, Chapter

870 (H.B. 3981), Section 1, Chapter 950 (S.B. 1727), and Section 1,

Chapter 984 (S.B. 2612), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular

Session, 2023, which amended Article 2.12, Code of Criminal

Procedure, are repealed.

SECTION 5.002. (a) Article 2A.002, Code of Criminal

Procedure, is amended to conform to Section 1, Chapter 196 (S.B.

602), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, by

adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:

(c-1) In addition to the power granted under Subsection (c),

a border patrol agent of the United States Customs and Border

Protection who completed the training program described by Section

411.02093, Government Code, has the powers of arrest and search and

seizure as to any felony offense under the laws of this state if the

arrest, search, or seizure:

(1) occurs on the premises of a port facility

designated by the commissioner of the United States Customs and

Border Protection as a port of entry or at a border patrol traffic

checkpoint; and

(2) is incident to a detainment under federal law.

(b) Section 1, Chapter 196 (S.B. 602), Acts of the 88th

Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, which amended Article 2.122,

Code of Criminal Procedure, is repealed.

SECTION 5.003. (a) Article 2A.051, Code of Criminal

Procedure, is amended to conform to Section 2, Chapter 729 (H.B.

2660), and Section 1, Chapter 979 (S.B. 2429), Acts of the 88th

Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, to read as follows:

Art. 2A.051. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF PEACE OFFICERS.

Each peace officer shall:

(1) preserve the peace within the officer's

jurisdiction using all lawful means;

(2) in every case authorized by this code, interfere

without a warrant to prevent or suppress crime;

(3) execute all lawful process issued to the officer

by a magistrate or court;

(4) give notice to an appropriate magistrate of all

offenses committed in the officer's jurisdiction, where the officer

has good reason to believe there has been a violation of the penal

law;

(5) when authorized by law, arrest an offender without

a warrant so the offender may be taken before the proper magistrate

or court and be tried;

(6) take possession of a child under Article

63.00905(g) [~~63.009(g)~~]; and

(7) on a request made by the Texas Civil Commitment

Office, execute an emergency detention order issued by that office

under Section 841.0837, Health and Safety Code.

(b) Section 2, Chapter 729 (H.B. 2660), and Section 1,

Chapter 979 (S.B. 2429), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular

Session, 2023, which amended Article 2.13(c), Code of Criminal

Procedure, are repealed.

SECTION 5.004. Article 2.1398, Code of Criminal Procedure,

as added by Section 3, Chapter 24 (S.B. 1325), Acts of the 88th

Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, is transferred to Subchapter B,

Chapter 2A, Code of Criminal Procedure, and redesignated as Article

2A.0585, Code of Criminal Procedure.

SECTION 5.005. (a) Article 2A.151, Code of Criminal

Procedure, is amended to conform to Section 4.001, Chapter 861

(H.B. 3474), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023,

to read as follows:

Art. 2A.151. TYPES OF MAGISTRATES. The following officers

are magistrates for purposes of this code:

(1) a justice of the supreme court;

(2) a judge of the court of criminal appeals;

(3) a justice of the courts of appeals;

(4) a judge of a district court;

(5) an associate judge appointed by:

(A) a judge of a district court or a statutory

county court that gives preference to criminal cases in Jefferson

County;

(B) a judge of a district court or a statutory

county court of Brazos County, Nueces County, or Williamson County;

54A, Government Code;

(6) a criminal magistrate appointed by:

(A) the Brazoria County Commissioners Court; or

(B) the Burnet County Commissioners Court;

(7) a criminal law hearing officer for:

(A) Harris County appointed under Subchapter L,

Chapter 54, Government Code; or

(B) Cameron County appointed under Subchapter

BB, Chapter 54, Government Code;

(8) a magistrate appointed:

(A) by a judge of a district court of Bexar

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LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 89TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION


March 31, 2025

TO:	Honorable Jeff Leach, Chair, House Committee on Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

FROM:	Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board

IN RE:	HB1620 by Leach (Relating to nonsubstantive additions to, revisions of, and corrections in enacted codes, to the nonsubstantive codification or disposition of various laws omitted from enacted codes, and to conforming codifications enacted by the 88th Legislature to other Acts of that legislature.), As Introduced

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

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JMc, KDw, CMA

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Relating to nonsubstantive additions to, revisions of, and corrections in enacted codes, to the nonsubstantive codification or disposition of various laws omitted from enacted codes, and to conforming codifications enacted by the 88th Legislature to other Acts of that legislature.

Who authored HB1620?

HB1620 was authored by Texas Representative Jeff Leach during the Regular Session.

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HB1620 was signed into law by Governor Greg Abbott on May 28, 2025.

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