Changes to Existing Law
HB1158 — limit reliance upon secondary sources as statements of law.
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§ 2-14
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NEW SECTION added to Chapter 2-14
A secondary source, including any legal treatise, scholarly publication, textbook, or other explanatory text, does not constitute the law or public policy of this state and is not authoritative if the secondary source purports to create, eliminate, expand, or restrict a cause of action, right, or remedy, or if it conflicts with, or is not otherwise addressed by: (1) The Constitution of the United States or of this state; (2) A statute of this state; (3) Case law precedent of this state; or (4) Other common law that may have been adopted by this state. 12