Appendix §0 | LEGISLATURE'S INTRODUCTION TO THE APPENDIX
A temporary provision may be included in a joint resolution to amend the Texas Constitution for a variety of reasons. A temporary provision can provide that the proposed constitutionalamendment have a limited duration, but this is an exceedingly rare occurrence. The more common uses of temporary provisions are as saving provisions or transition provisions. A temporary saving provision "saves" from the application of a new or amendedconstitutional provision certain conduct or legal relationships that occurred before or existed on the effective date of the constitutionalamendment. A temporary transition provision provides for the orderly implementation of the constitutionalamendment. The most common type of temporary transition provision is one that provides an effective date for a constitutionalamendment that is later in time than the effective date that would otherwise occur by operation of law. Most temporary provisions include an expiration date; those with no expiration date remain in the constitution in perpetuity unless removed by a subsequent amendment to the constitution.
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