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 to the portion of the state using mountain standard time as

the official standard time.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.

SECTION 3. 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