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Tex. Const. art. 9, § 1-A AUTHORITY OF COASTAL COUNTIES TO REGULATE MOTOR VEHICLES AND LITTERING ON BEACHES
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The Legislature may authorize the governing body of any county bordering on the Gulf of Mexico or the tidewater limits thereof to regulate and restrict the speed, parking and travel of motor vehicles on beaches available to the public by virtue of public right and the littering o…
Tex. Const. art. 9, § 1 CREATION AND MODIFICATION OF COUNTIES
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The Legislature shall have power to create counties for the convenience of the people subject to the following provisions: (1) Within the territory of any county or counties, no new county shall be created with a less area than seven hundred square miles, nor shall any such count…
Tex. Const. art. 9, § 2 REMOVAL OF COUNTY SEATS
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The Legislature shall pass laws regulating the manner of removing county seats, but no county seat situated within five miles of the geographical centre of the county shall be removed, except by a vote of two-thirds of all the voters voting on the subject. A majority of such vote…
Tex. Const. art. 9, § 4 COUNTY-WIDE HOSPITAL DISTRICTS IN CERTAIN LARGE COUNTIES
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The Legislature may by law authorize the creation of county-wide Hospital Districts in counties having a population in excess of 190,000 and in Galveston County, with power to issue bonds for the purchase, acquisition, construction, maintenance and operation of any county owned h…