\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t","hadText":true}Sec.\u00A0311.031.\u00A0\u00A0SAVING PROVISIONS. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the reenactment, revision, amendment, or repeal of a statute does not affect:
(1)\u00A0\u00A0the prior operation of the statute or any prior action taken under it;
(2)\u00A0\u00A0any validation, cure, right, privilege, obligation, or liability previously acquired, accrued, accorded, or incurred under it;
(3)\u00A0\u00A0any violation of the statute or any penalty, forfeiture, or punishment incurred under the statute before its amendment or repeal; or
(4)\u00A0\u00A0any investigation, proceeding, or remedy concerning any privilege, obligation, liability, penalty, forfeiture, or punishment; and the investigation, proceeding, or remedy may be instituted, continued, or enforced, and the penalty, forfeiture, or punishment imposed, as if the statute had not been repealed or amended.
(b)\u00A0\u00A0If the penalty, forfeiture, or punishment for any offense is reduced by a reenactment, revision, or amendment of a statute, the penalty, forfeiture, or punishment, if not already imposed, shall be imposed according to the statute as amended.
(c)\u00A0\u00A0The repeal of a statute by a code does not affect an amendment, revision, or reenactment of the statute by the same legislature that enacted the code. The amendment, revision, or reenactment is preserved and given effect as part of the code provision that revised the statute so amended, revised, or reenacted.
(d)\u00A0\u00A0If any provision of a code conflicts with a statute enacted by the same legislature that enacted the code, the statute controls.
\r\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 479, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.
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