The bill would introduce a new statewide "Texas time," making daylight saving permanent across Texas, ... However, the western counties of El Paso and Hudspeth form part of the Mountain Time Zone.

Texas has two time zones, central and mountain, with the vast majority of the state on central. The two westernmost counties of El Paso and Hudspeth are in the mountain time zone.

This would apply across the state, both to the vast majority of Texas which currently falls under the Central Time Zone and the far western section which is part of the Mountain Time Zone. Texas ...