ESTATES CODE

TITLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

CHAPTER 21. PURPOSE AND CONSTRUCTION



This section was amended by the 84th Legislature. Pending publication of the current statutes, see S.B. 1296, 84th Legislature, Regular Session, for amendments affecting this section.

Sec. 21.001. PURPOSE OF CODE. (a) This code is enacted as a part of the state's continuing statutory revision program, begun by the Texas Legislative Council in 1963 as directed by the legislature in the law codified as Section 323.007, Government Code. The program contemplates a topic-by-topic revision of the state's general and permanent statute law without substantive change.

(b) Consistent with the objectives of the statutory revision program, the purpose of this code, except Subtitle X, Title 2, and Subtitles Y and Z, Title 3, is to make the law encompassed by this code, except Subtitle X, Title 2, and Subtitles Y and Z, Title 3, more accessible and understandable by:

(1) rearranging the statutes into a more logical order;

(2) employing a format and numbering system designed to facilitate citation of the law and to accommodate future expansion of the law;

(3) eliminating repealed, duplicative, unconstitutional, expired, executed, and other ineffective provisions; and

(4) restating the law in modern American English to the greatest extent possible.

(c) The provisions of Subtitle X, Title 2, and Subtitles Y and Z, Title 3, are transferred from the Texas Probate Code and redesignated as part of this code, but are not revised as part of the state's continuing statutory revision program.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.

Amended by:

Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 823 (H.B. 2759), Sec. 2.01, eff. January 1, 2014.

Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 161 (S.B. 1093), Sec. 6.001, eff. January 1, 2014.



This section was amended by the 84th Legislature. Pending publication of the current statutes, see H.B. 2419 and S.B. 1296, 84th Legislature, Regular Session, for amendments affecting this section.

Sec. 21.002. CONSTRUCTION. (a) Except as provided by this section, Section 22.027, or Section 1002.023, Chapter 311, Government Code (Code Construction Act), applies to the construction of a provision of this code.

(b) Chapter 311, Government Code (Code Construction Act), does not apply to the construction of a provision of Subtitle X, Title 2, or Subtitle Y or Z, Title 3.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.

Amended by:

Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 823 (H.B. 2759), Sec. 2.02, eff. January 1, 2014.

Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 161 (S.B. 1093), Sec. 6.002, eff. January 1, 2014.



This section was amended by the 84th Legislature. Pending publication of the current statutes, see S.B. 1296, 84th Legislature, Regular Session, for amendments affecting this section.

Sec. 21.003. STATUTORY REFERENCES. (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, 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, 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, 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.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.

Amended by:

Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 823 (H.B. 2759), Sec. 2.03, eff. January 1, 2014.

Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 161 (S.B. 1093), Sec. 6.003, eff. January 1, 2014.



Sec. 21.004. EFFECT OF DIVISION OF LAW. The division of this code into titles, subtitles, chapters, subchapters, parts, subparts, sections, subsections, subdivisions, paragraphs, and subparagraphs is for convenience and does not have any legal effect.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.



This section was amended by the 84th Legislature. Pending publication of the current statutes, see S.B. 1296, 84th Legislature, Regular Session, for amendments affecting this section.

Sec. 21.005. APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN LAWS. (a) Notwithstanding Section 21.002(b) of this code and Section 311.002, Government Code:

(1) Section 311.032(c), Government Code, applies to Subtitle X, Title 2, and Subtitles Y and Z, Title 3; and

(2) Sections 311.005(4) and 311.012(b) and (c), Government Code, apply to Subtitle X, Title 2, and Subtitles Y and Z, Title 3.

(b) Chapter 132, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, does not apply to Subchapter C, Chapter 251.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.

Amended by:

Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 823 (H.B. 2759), Sec. 2.04, eff. January 1, 2014.

Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1136 (H.B. 2912), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.



Sec. 21.006. APPLICABILITY TO PROBATE PROCEEDINGS. The procedure prescribed by Title 2 governs all probate proceedings.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.