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The Honorable Raymond W. Vowell, page 4
obligations of a person who is 21 years of age. A law,
rule, regulation, or ordinance which extends a right,
privilege, or obligation to a person on the basis of
a minimum age of 21, 20, or 19 years shall be inter-
preted as prescribing a minimum age of 18 years.
(Emphasis added)
Attorney General Opinion H-82 (1973) construed the 18 Year Old Bill
as it related to a provision of the Probate Code specifying a different age
for certain rights, privileges and obligations. There we said:
. . Senate Bill 123 does not operate to amend [other
statutes] but rather is a general law creating an additional
class of people (18, 19, and 20 year olds) who, without
regard to marriage or judicial removal of disabilities,
are entitled to the same rights, privileges, and obligations
previously reserved to those of another class (persons 21
years of age and over), except as specifically provided
otherwise in Senate Bill 123. Henceforth, (the provision]
of the Probate Code . . . and Senate Bill 123 must be read
together and applied generally in all instances which con-
dition limitations or privileges on the minority or majority
status of an individual.
Senate Bill 123 effects the removal of disabilities of
minority of those 18 years of age or older.
In Attorney General Opinion H-85 (1973) we found it necessary to advise
that death benefits could not, after the effective date of Senate Bill 123, be paid
under article 6228f, V. T. C. S., to a person as the surviving child of a deceased
law enforcement officer or fireman if the person were 18 years of age of older.
The statute defined "minor child" as meaning a child vio had not reached the
age of 21 years and provided that benefits to a child would cease when the child
ceased to be a minor. We said:
In our opinion there is no escape from the conclusion
that the statute confers rights and benefits dependent upon
legal infancy. ..p. 2611
(H - 58 5)
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Texas. Attorney-General's Office. Texas Attorney General Opinion: H-585, text, April 17, 1975; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth271109/m1/4/?rotate=90: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.