On Mon, 14 Nov 1994, Priscilla Streightoff wrote:
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> On Mon, 14 Nov 1994, Koster wrote:
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> > That got me to thinking: why not have vendor-neutral and technology-neutral
> > statute cites too? Everything else about a statute cite is already -neutral
> > (the code titles and sections are part of the enactment).
> >
>
>
> Unless we're talking about statutes of the State of Texas. From time to
> time the Texas Legislature declined / forgot / didn't think it was
> necessary / didn't think to add placement designations to additions and
> changes to the 1925 statutory classification. West picked up the ball
> and "reviewed" these modifications, deciding upon the arrangement within
> Vernon's Annotated Texas Statutes, including the _assignment of article
> numbers_. West claims a copyright interest in the numbers. See Texas v.
> West Publishing Company, 882 F.2d 171 (5th Cir. 1989).
>
> Codification ofthe Texas statutes began in 1963. West claims no copyright to
> Texas' arrangement of the new codes. However, the codification process is
> far from complete. Until such time, there are many Texas statutes that
> arguably are not vendor-neutral.
>
>
> Priscilla Streightoff
> Law Librarian - Technical Services
> Travis County Law Library
> 1000 Guadalupe
> Austin, TX 78701
> (512) 473-9082
> email : streight@bga.com
> streight@utxvms.cc.utexas.edu
>
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