La Costituzione del Texas (in inglese Constitution of the State of Texas) è un documento costituzionale che descrive la struttura e le funzioni del governo del Texas. L'attuale costituzione è in vigore dal 15 febbraio 1876. Il Texas ha avuto altre cinque costituzioni in precedenza, rispettivamente negli anni 1836, 1845, 1861, 1866 e 1869.
Articoli L'attuale costituzione comprende 17 articoli, ognuno dei quali è diviso in alcune sezioni:
Articolo 1: Bill of Rights Articolo 2: The Powers of Government Articolo 3: Legislative Department Articolo 4: Executive Department Articolo 5: Judicial Department Articolo 6: Suffrage Articolo 7: Education Articolo 8: Taxation and Revenue Articolo 9: Counties Articolo 10: Railroads Articolo 11: Municipal Corporations Articolo 12: Private Corporations Articolo 13: Spanish and Mexican Land Titles Articolo 14: Public Lands and Land Office Articolo 15: Impeachment Articolo 16: General Provisions Articolo 17: Mode of amending the Constitution of this State
Collegamenti esterni
Texas Politics: Texas government resource provided by the University of Texas at Austin Texas Treasures - Texas Constitution: Images of the original 1876 Constitution, provided by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission Gammel's Laws of Texas, Vol. I. from hosted by the Portal to Texas History. Constitution of the State of Texas, 1861 from Gammel's Laws of Texas, Vol. V. hosted by the Portal to Texas History. Constitution of the State of Texas, 1866 from Gammel's Laws of Texas, Vol. V. hosted by the Portal to Texas History. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project: Electronic texts of the various Texas constitutions, including the original, unamended text of the 1876 constitution Texas Legislative Research Library - Constitutional amendments search: A search engine that retrieves summaries of proposed amendments, both adopted and defeated
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