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Tex. Government Code § 311.011: COMMON AND TECHNICAL USAGE OF WORDS.

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GOVERNMENT CODE
TITLE 3. LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
SUBTITLE B. LEGISLATION
CHAPTER 311. CODE CONSTRUCTION ACT
SUBCHAPTER B. CONSTRUCTION OF WORDS AND PHRASES

(a) Words and phrases shall be read in context and construed according to the rules of grammar and common usage.

(b) Words and phrases that have acquired a technical or particular meaning, whether by legislative definition or otherwise, shall be construed accordingly.

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

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