The following response was received from West's News Service
list. It is in resonse to a question asked on Law-Lib on Jan. 19.
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From: "News, Service" <Service.News@westgroup.com>
To: "'servicenews@westgroup.com'" <servicenews@westgroup.com>
Subject: WEST'S TEXAS STATUTES AND CODES
Date sent: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 11:04:24 -0600
The following message is in response to a question posted to ServiceNews on
January 20 regarding West's Texas Statutes and Codes series and the
frequency of its publication.
Question: I was under the impression that the pamphlet versions of West
Texas Codes,
such as the "Texas Penal Code" came out every two years after the
legislative session. An advertisement I just received seems to contradict
this. I was wondering if West just started publishing these annually or if
they have done this in the past.
Response: Publications in West's Texas Statutes and Codes series are
published either every other year or annually, depending on whether the
publication is annotated or not. Unannotated statute publications are issued
every other year, unless there is an unforeseen significant change in
legislative language. For example, The Texas Penal Code, 30th edition, was
published "off-schedule" in 1998 to incorporate changes in legislative
language. It was last published in September 1997 and will be published
again in the fall of 1999. Annotated code publications, such as Kinkeade &
McColloch's Texas Penal Code Annotated, however, are published annually to
update the annotations, including new court decisions and other changes
unrelated to legislation changes.
If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact West Group
Customer Service at 1-800-328-4880.
>From: "Lynette Simonsen" <SIMONSEN@mckusick.law.usd.edu>
>To: servicenews@westgroup.com
>Subject: Re: West Texas Codes
WestList, does anyone out there in Westland know the answer to the
following question?
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> From: "Arthos, Martha" <Martha.Arthos@ci.austin.tx.us>
> To: Law-Lib@ucdavis.edu
> Subject: West Texas Codes
> Date sent: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 11:30:22 -0600
> Greetings:
>
> I was under the impression that the pamphlet versions of West Texas Codes,
> such as the "Texas Penal Code" came out every two years after the
> legislative session. An advertisement I just received seems to contradict
> this. I was wondering if West just started publishing these annually or
if
> they have done this in the past.
>
> I called West, but whoever answered the phone stated that didn't have a
good
> enough understanding of the history of these publications to give me an
> answer.
>
> Does anyone know if West has just started publishing these books annually
> and if so are there significant enough changes between legislative
sessions
> to justify buying them in the off years?
>
> Thanks,
> Martha D. Arthos
>
>
> **********************************************
> Martha D. Arthos, Legal Information Specialist
> City of Austin Law Department
> Phone:(512)499-6480
> E-mail: Martha.Arthos@ci.austin.tx.us
>
> Lynette Simonsen
Acquisitions Librarian
McKusick Law Library
University of South Dakota
414 East Clark Street
Vermillion, SD 57069-2390
PH: (605) 677-6371
FAX: (605) 677-6357
E-MAIL: simonsen@mckusick.law.use.edu
Lynette Simonsen
Acquisitions Librarian
McKusick Law Library
University of South Dakota
414 East Clark Street
Vermillion, SD 57069-2390
PH: (605) 677-6371
FAX: (605) 677-6357
E-MAIL: simonsen@mckusick.law.use.edu
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