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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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ESTATES CODE |
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Title 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
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Chapter 21. PURPOSE AND CONSTRUCTION |
Sec. 21.003. STATUTORY REFERENCES
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(a) A reference in a law other than in this code to a statute or a part of a statute revised by, or redesignated as part of, this code is considered to be a reference to the part of this code that revises that statute or part of that statute or contains the redesignated statute or part of the statute, as applicable.
(b) A reference in Subtitle X or Y, Title 2, or Subtitle Y or Z, Title 3, to a chapter, a part, a subpart, a section, or any portion of a section "of this code" is a reference to the chapter, part, subpart, section, or portion of a section as redesignated in the Estates Code, except that:
(1) a reference in Subtitle X or Y, Title 2, or Subtitle Y or Z, Title 3, to Chapter I is a reference to Chapter I, Estates Code, and to the revision of sections derived from Chapter I, Texas Probate Code, and any reenactments and amendments to those sections; and
(2) a reference in Subtitle X or Y, Title 2, or Subtitle Y or Z, Title 3, to a chapter, part, subpart, section, or portion of a section that does not exist in the Estates Code is a reference to the revision or redesignation of the corresponding chapter, part, subpart, section, or portion of a section of the Texas Probate Code and any reenactments or amendments.