Tex. Tax Code § 101.005

This is the official text of Tex. Tax Code § 101.005, part of Texas’s Tax Code — governs state and local taxation.

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§ 101.005.

Official statutory text

Sec. 101.005. GRAMMATICAL ERRORS: PUNCTUATION. (a) A grammatical error does not vitiate a law, and when a sentence or clause is without meaning, words and clauses may be transposed to determine the intended meaning.

(b) The punctuation of a sentence does not control or affect the intention of the legislature in the enactment of this title.

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