[Legislative Notes, Series 60, No. 1] Page: 2 of 12
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STATUTORY REVISION
The Texas Legislative Council's statutory revision program was begun in
1963 (V.A.C.S. Art. 5429b-1), and when it was initiated the Texas statutes were
reclassified into a proposed system of 26 codes. Each code will be submitted to
the legislature separately as it is completed. The first of the codes introduced, the
Business & Commerce Code, was enacted by the 60th Legislature. Work on the
Water Code, now in progress, is on schedule, and it is anticipated that it will be
the next code to be completed and submitted to the 61st Legislature. Progress on
the Water Code is largely attributable to the energy and dedication of the Water
Code Advisory Committee, which has been carefully studying chapter drafts
prepared by the staff and holding one- and two-day meetings every month in
Austin.
The advisory committee, appointed by Lieutenant Governor Preston Smith,
consists of Corwin W. Johnson, Professor of Law, The University of Texas,
chairman; Neal King, attorney, Mission, vice chairman; Victor W. Bouldin,
attorney, Houston; Dean Carlton, attorney, Dallas; Joe D. Carter, chairman of the
Texas Water Rights Commission; Roy D. Payne, director of field operations,
Texas Railroad Commission; and Donald B. Yarbrough, general counsel, Texas
Water Development Board. Members of the council, who were appointed by
Lieutenant Governor Smith to serve as the study committee for the statutory
revision program, include Senator J. P. Word of Meridian, chairman;
Representative Menton Murray of Harlingen, vice chairman; Senator Barbara
Jordan of Houston; and Representatives R. H. Cory of Victoria and Grant Jones
of Abilene.
PENAL CODE REVISION AND FAMILY CODE
In addition to its work in nonsubstantive statutory revision, the council staff
is assisting the State Bar of Texas on two important projects of substantive
revision--the Penal Code and the Family Code.
Penal Code
Since September, 1967, five council staff lawyers, two secretaries, and four
law students have been assisting a state bar committee engaged in revising the
Texas Penal Code. This unique project is the result of a cooperative agreement
between the council and the State Bar Committee on Revision of the Penal Code.2
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Texas Legislative Council. [Legislative Notes, Series 60, No. 1], text, May 20, 1968; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth595444/m1/2/?q=%22United+States+-+Texas+-+Travis+County+-+Austin%22: accessed June 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas Southern University.