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Texas Constitution, Article 16

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Article 16, General Provisions

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Tex. Const. art. 16, § 49 PROTECTION OF PERSONAL PROPERTY FROM FORCED SALE
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The Legislature shall have power, and it shall be its duty, to protect by law from forced sale a certain portion of the personal property of all heads of families, and also of unmarried adults, male and female.
Tex. Const. art. 16, § 50 HOMESTEAD; PROTECTION FROM FORCED SALE; MORTGAGES, TRUST DEEDS, AND LIENS
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(a) The homestead of a family, or of a single adult person, shall be, and is hereby protected from forced sale, for the payment of all debts except for: (1) the purchase money thereof, or a part of such purchase money; (2) the taxes due thereon; (3) an owelty of partition imposed…
Tex. Const. art. 16, § 51 AMOUNT OF HOMESTEAD; USES
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The homestead, not in a town or city, shall consist of not more than two hundred acres of land, which may be in one or more parcels, with the improvements thereon; the homestead in a city, town or village, shall consist of lot or contiguous lots amounting to not more than 10 acre…
Tex. Const. art. 16, § 52 DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION OF HOMESTEAD; RESTRICTIONS ON PARTITION
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On the death of the husband or wife, or both, the homestead shall descend and vest in like manner as other real property of the deceased, and shall be governed by the same laws of descent and distribution, but it shall not be partitioned among the heirs of the deceased during the…

Tex. Const. art. 16, § 53 Section 53

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(Repealed Nov. 2, 1999.) (TEMPORARY TRANSITION PROVISIONS for Sec. 53: See Appendix, Note 1.)

Tex. Const. art. 16, § 54 Section 54

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(Repealed Aug. 5, 1969.)

Tex. Const. art. 16, § 55 Section 55

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(Repealed Aug. 5, 1969.)

Tex. Const. art. 16, § 56 Section 56

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(Repealed Nov. 6, 2001.) (TEMPORARY TRANSITION PROVISION for Sec. 56: See Appendix, Note 3.)

Tex. Const. art. 16, § 57 Section 57

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(Repealed Aug. 5, 1969.)

Tex. Const. art. 16, § 58 Section 58

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(Repealed Aug. 5, 1969.)

Tex. Const. art. 16, § 59 CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND PARKS AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES; CONSERVATION AND RECLAMATION DISTRICTS

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(a) The conservation and development of all of the natural resources of this State, and development of parks and recreational facilities, including the control, storing, preservation and distribution of its storm and flood waters, the waters of its rivers and streams, for irrigat…

Tex. Const. art. 16, § 60 Section 60

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(Repealed Aug. 5, 1969.)

Tex. Const. art. 16, § 61 COMPENSATION OF DISTRICT, COUNTY, AND PRECINCT OFFICERS; SALARY OR FEE BASIS; DISPOSITION OF FEES

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(a) All district officers in the State of Texas and all county officers in counties having a population of twenty thousand (20,000) or more, according to the then last preceding Federal Census, shall be compensated on a salary basis. (b) In all counties in this State, the Commiss…

Tex. Const. art. 16, § 62 Section 62

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(Repealed April 22, 1975.)

Tex. Const. art. 16, § 63 Section 63

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(Repealed April 22, 1975.)

Tex. Const. art. 16, § 64 TERMS OF OFFICE, CERTAIN OFFICES

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The elective district, county, and precinct offices which have heretofore had terms of two years, shall hereafter have terms of four years; and the holders of such offices shall serve until their successors are qualified. (Added Nov. 2, 1954.)

Tex. Const. art. 16, § 65 TERMS OF OFFICE; AUTOMATIC RESIGNATION

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(a) This section applies to the following offices: District Clerks; County Clerks; County Judges; Judges of the County Courts at Law, County Criminal Courts, County Probate Courts and County Domestic Relations Courts; County Treasurers; Criminal District Attorneys; County Surveyo…

Tex. Const. art. 16, § 66 PROTECTED BENEFITS UNDER CERTAIN PUBLIC RETIREMENT SYSTEMS

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(a) This section applies only to a public retirement system that is not a statewide system and that provides service and disability retirement benefits and death benefits to public officers and employees. (b) This section does not apply to a public retirement system that provides…

Tex. Const. art. 16, § 67 STATE AND LOCAL RETIREMENT SYSTEMS

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(a) General Provisions. (1) The legislature may enact general laws establishing systems and programs of retirement and related disability and death benefits for public employees and officers. Financing of benefits must be based on sound actuarial principles. The assets of a syste…

Tex. Const. art. 16, § 68 ASSOCIATIONS OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS; ASSESSMENTS ON PRODUCT SALES TO FINANCE PROGRAMS OF MARKETING, PROMOTION, RESEARCH, AND EDUCATION

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The legislature may provide for the advancement of food and fiber in this state by providing representative associations of agricultural producers with authority to collect such refundable assessments on their product sales as may be approved by referenda of producers. All revenu…

Tex. Const. art. 16, § 69 PRIOR APPROVAL OF EXPENDITURE OR EMERGENCY TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS

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The legislature may require, by rider in the General Appropriations Act or by separate statute, the prior approval of the expenditure or the emergency transfer of any funds appropriated to the agencies of state government. (Added Nov. 5, 1985.)

Tex. Const. art. 16, § 70 TEXAS GROWTH FUND

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(a) In this section: (1) "Board of trustees" means the board of trustees of the Texas growth fund. (2) "Fund" means the Texas growth fund. (3) "Venture capital investment" means an investment in debt, equity, or a combination of debt and equity that possesses the potential for su…

Tex. Const. art. 16, § 71 TEXAS PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS INCUBATOR FUNDS; BONDS

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(a) The legislature by law may establish a Texas product development fund to be used without further appropriation solely in furtherance of a program established by the legislature to aid in the development and production of new or improved products in this state. The fund shall …

Tex. Const. art. 16, § 72 TEMPORARY REPLACEMENT OF PUBLIC OFFICER ON MILITARY ACTIVE DUTY

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(a) An elected or appointed officer of the state or of any political subdivision who enters active duty in the armed forces of the United States as a result of being called to duty, drafted, or activated does not vacate the office held, but the appropriate authority may appoint a…

Tex. Const. art. 16, § 65A Section 65A

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(Repealed Nov. 6, 2001.) (TEMPORARY TRANSITION PROVISION for Sec. 65A: See Appendix, Note 3.)

Tex. Const. art. 16, § 13A UNOPPOSED CANDIDATE FOR OFFICE OF POLITICAL SUBDIVISION

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For an office of a political subdivision for which this constitution requires an election, the legislature may provide by general law for a person to assume the office without an election if the person is the only candidate to qualify in an election to be held for that office. (A…