Bill Text: TX HB49 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to daylight saving time.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-13 - Left pending in committee [HB49 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB49-Introduced.html
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| By: Larson | H.B. No. 49 | |
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| relating to daylight saving time. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 312.016, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
| (d) The state, acting under the exemption provisions of | ||
| Section 3(a), Uniform Time Act of 1966 (15 U.S.C. Section 260a(a)), | ||
| is exempt from the provisions of that law that establish daylight | ||
| saving time. The exemption provided by this subsection applies to | ||
| both the portion of the state using central standard time as the | ||
| official standard time and the portion of the state using mountain | ||
| standard time as the official standard time. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect November 4, 2019, to | ||
| coincide with the end of daylight saving time for 2019. | ||
