Texas Supreme Court· 6/22/2000

In Re Doe

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19 S.W.3d 346
43 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 910
2000 Tex. LEXIS 67
2000 WL 827814

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noting that \courts construing statutory language should give little weight to post-enactment statements by legislators\
noting that post-enactment statements by legislators are given very little weight, and do not constitute legislative history for the purposes of determining legislative intent
noting that “courts construing statutory language should give little weight to post-enactment statements by legislators”
“‘courts construing statutory language should give little weight to post-enactment statements by legislators”‘
courts construing statutory language should give little weight to post-enactment statements by legislators; explanations produced, after fact, by individual legislators are not statutory history and can provide little guidance as to what legislature collectively intended
courts construing statutory language should give little weight to post- enactment statements by legislators; explanations produced, after fact, by individual legislators are not statutory history and can provide little guidance as to what legislature collectively intended

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Judges: O'Neill, Enoch, Baker, Hankinson, Gonzales, Hecht, Owen, Abbott

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