{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-301.012","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 301.012","heading":"PURPOSE.","body":"The legislature believes that it must conduct its activities on a full-time and continuing basis in order to achieve efficiency and continuity in performing its duties. It is the purpose of this subchapter to authorize legislative committees and other legislative instrumentalities to work and meet their responsibilities regardless of whether the legislature is in session.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 479, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 3. LEGISLATIVE BRANCH","SUBTITLE A. LEGISLATURE","CHAPTER 301. LEGISLATIVE ORGANIZATION","SUBCHAPTER B. COMMITTEES AND COMMITTEE PROCEDURE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.301.htm#301.012","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"b645fc867c68bfacb9afd2292b4efeb7182274c7ae36e3c80e251ddff6a159e6","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-301.011","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-301.013"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}