RULES OF PROCEDURE; PUNISHMENT OR EXPULSION OF MEMBER

Tex. Const. art. 3, § 11, under Legislative Department.

Tex. Const. art. 3, § 11

RULES OF PROCEDURE; PUNISHMENT OR EXPULSION OF MEMBER

Each House may determine the rules of its own proceedings, punish members for disorderly conduct, and, with the consent of two-thirds, expel a member, but not a second time for the same offence†.

(Feb. 15, 1876.)

† The language of this provision is identical to the language of the official legislative measure that originally proposed the provision. A digital image of the original text of the official enrolled measure can be found here.