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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Government Code § 311.012: TENSE, NUMBER, AND GENDER.

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

(a) Words in the present tense include the future tense.

(b) The singular includes the plural and the plural includes the singular.

(c) Words of one gender include the other genders.

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

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