Sec. 311.023.  STATUTE CONSTRUCTION AIDS.  In construing a statute, whether or not the statute is considered ambiguous on its face, a court may consider among other matters the:
(1)  object sought to be attained;
(2)  circumstances under which the statute was enacted;
(3)  legislative history;
(4)  common law or former statutory provisions, including laws on the same or similar subjects;
(5)  consequences of a particular construction;
(6)  administrative construction of the statute;  and
(7)  title (caption), preamble, and emergency provision.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 479, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.