S.B. No. 1735
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the repeal of certain obsolete laws governing state
  pensions and other similar benefits.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  FINDINGS. The legislature finds that certain
  laws governing state pension and other benefits have become
  obsolete and should no longer be included in the reported statutes
  of this state.  These laws consist of:
               (1)  part of the enabling legislation for state
  pensions for Confederate veterans and their surviving spouses;
               (2)  authorization of a state pension for veterans of
  the Texas Revolution and their surviving spouses;
               (3)  authorization of a state pension for certain Texas
  Rangers who served before September 1, 1947, and their surviving
  spouses; and
               (4)  several statutes from the 1930s providing
  transitional funding mechanisms and appropriations for the
  original Texas Old Age Assistance Fund.
         SECTION 2.  REPEALER. The following provisions are
  repealed:
               (1)  Articles 6205, 6208, 6209, 6210, 6211, 6212, 6213,
  6214, 6215, 6217, 6218, 6220, 6221, 6222, 6223, 6224, 6225, 6226,
  and 6227, Revised Statutes;
               (2)  Chapter 557 (S.B. 433), Acts of the 51st
  Legislature, Regular Session, 1949 (Article 6227a, Vernon's Texas
  Civil Statutes);
               (3)  Chapter 283 (S.B. 53), Acts of the 56th
  Legislature, Regular Session, 1959 (Article 6228e, Vernon's Texas
  Civil Statutes);
               (4)  Section 1, Article 1, Chapter 495 (H.B. 8), Acts of
  the 44th Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 1936 (Article 6243-2,
  Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes);
               (5)  Chapter 479 (S.B. 8), Acts of the 44th
  Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 1936 (Article 6243-22, Vernon's
  Texas Civil Statutes);
               (6)  Chapter 496 (H.B. 37), Acts of the 44th
  Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 1936 (Article 6243-23, Vernon's
  Texas Civil Statutes); and
               (7)  Chapter 1 (H.B. 179), page 536, General Laws, Acts
  of the 46th Legislature, Regular Session, 1939 (Article 6243-24,
  Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes).
         SECTION 3.  EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect
  immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members
  elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas
  Constitution.  If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for
  immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1735 passed the Senate on
  April 19, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1735 passed the House on
  May 24, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 146, Nays 0, two
  present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor