{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-311.012","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 311.012","heading":"TENSE, NUMBER, AND GENDER.","body":"(a) Words in the present tense include the future tense.\n(b) The singular includes the plural and the plural includes the singular.\n(c) Words of one gender include the other genders.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 479, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 3. LEGISLATIVE BRANCH","SUBTITLE B. LEGISLATION","CHAPTER 311. CODE CONSTRUCTION ACT","SUBCHAPTER B. CONSTRUCTION OF WORDS AND PHRASES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.311.htm#311.012","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"11c0605f1675f2a2dc0672507811cef99f998f88d7af8661d607c70913f43798","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-311.011","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-311.013"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}