85R2275 MCK-D
 
  By: Flynn H.B. No. 95
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to daylight saving time.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 312.016, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
         (d)  The state, acting under the exemption provisions of the
  Uniform Time Act of 1966 (15 U.S.C. Section 260a(a)), is exempt from
  the provisions of that law that establish daylight saving time. The
  exemption provided by this subsection applies to both the portion
  of the state using central standard time as the official standard
  time and the portion of the state using mountain standard time as
  the official standard time.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect November 5, 2017, to
  coincide with the end of daylight saving time for 2017.