By: Hughes  S.B. No. 1735          (In the Senate - Filed March 9, 2017; March 23, 2017, read   first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;   April 4, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 9,   Nays 0; April 4, 2017, sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote    A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   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 The following provisions are   repealed:                (1)  Articles 6205, 6208, 6209, 6210, 6211, 6212, 6213,   6214, 6215, 6217, 6218, 6220, 6221, 6222, 6223, 6224, 6225, 6226,   and 6227, Revised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.     * * * * *