They prescribe the way in which the legislature does business and provide methods for settling disputes. In addition to the rules of each house, there are also joint rules. The stage at which amendments to proposals are considered. There are sections of the statutes and sections of bills or acts. A section of the statutes is the primary division of a statute chapter, for example Section 13.01.
Sections are also the divisions in bills or acts.
The acts of the 1993 Legislature will be the Laws of 1993. Adopted by the legislature at the beginning of each session, it sets the dates for floorperiods and committee work periods. It changes some portion of a bill or other proposal by adding, deleting, or substituting language. It is an instruction to do something to the measure. A committee appointed to examine legislation on a particular topic.