Texas Constitution

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legal document state constitution

The Texas Constitution is the foundational governing document of the U.S. state of Texas, outlining its structure of government, distribution of powers, and individual rights.

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Observed surface forms (10)

Surface form Occurrences
Texas Constitution of 1876 4
Constitution of Texas 3
Texas Constitution of 1845 3

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legal document ⓘ
state constitution ⓘ
adoptedBy constitutional convention of 1875 (Texas) ⓘ
amendmentProcess legislative proposal and voter approval ⓘ
appliesTo Texas ⓘ
surface form: State of Texas
billOfRightsArticle Article I ⓘ
contains Texas Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bill of Rights of Texas
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
currentVersionAdoptedOn 1876-02-15 ⓘ
currentVersionEffectiveFrom 1876-04-18 ⓘ
defines powers of Texas government branches ⓘ
structure of Texas government ⓘ
establishes Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ⓘ
Governor of Texas ⓘ
surface form: Texas Governor

Texas Legislature ⓘ
Texas Supreme Court ⓘ
county governments in Texas ⓘ
municipal governments in Texas ⓘ
executiveArticle Article IV ⓘ
governs Government of Texas ⓘ
surface form: Texas state government
guarantees individual rights of Texas citizens ⓘ
hasCharacteristic detailed and lengthy ⓘ
highly amended ⓘ
judicialArticle Article V ⓘ
jurisdiction Texas ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legislativeArticle Article III ⓘ
limits state debt ⓘ
state taxation powers ⓘ
locationOfOriginal Austin ⓘ
surface form: Austin, Texas
numberOfArticles 17 ⓘ
onlineAccess official website of Texas Legislature ⓘ
predecessor Constitution of the Republic of Texas (1836) ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of 1845 (Texas)

Texas Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of 1861 (Texas)

Constitution of 1866 (Texas) ⓘ
Constitution of 1866 (Texas) ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of 1869 (Texas)
publisher Texas Secretary of State ⓘ
ratificationMethod popular referendum ⓘ
ratifiedBy voters of Texas ⓘ
regulates homestead protections in Texas ⓘ
local government powers in Texas ⓘ
public education in Texas ⓘ
requires statewide popular vote to ratify amendments ⓘ
two-thirds vote of each house of Texas Legislature to propose amendments ⓘ
separatesPowerAmong executive branch of Texas ⓘ
judicial branch of Texas ⓘ
legislative branch of Texas ⓘ
subjectTo Article VI, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
surface form: Supremacy Clause of United States Constitution
wordCountApproximate 90000 ⓘ

Referenced by (41)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Article I → alsoKnownAs → Texas Constitution ⓘ
subject surface form: Article I of the Texas Constitution
this entity surface form: Texas Bill of Rights
Red River County Judge → appliesStatute → Texas Constitution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Article 3 of the Texas Constitution
Texas Supreme Court → authorizedBy → Texas Constitution ⓘ
Government of Texas → constitutionalBasis → Texas Constitution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of Texas
Texas Legislature → constitutionalBasis → Texas Constitution ⓘ
Texas Constitution → contains → Texas Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bill of Rights of Texas
Lieutenant Governor of Texas → createdBy → Texas Constitution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Texas Constitution of 1845
Texas House of Representatives → createdBy → Texas Constitution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Texas Constitution of 1845
Texas Supreme Court → createdBy → Texas Constitution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Texas Constitution of 1876
subject surface form: Constitutional Convention of 1875 (Texas)
this entity surface form: Texas Constitution of 1876
Constitution of 1866 (Texas) → followedBy → Texas Constitution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Texas Constitution of 1869
Constitution of 1866 (Texas) → follows → Texas Constitution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Texas Constitution of 1845
Texas House of Representatives → governedBy → Texas Constitution ⓘ
Texas congressional districts → governingLaw → Texas Constitution ⓘ
subject surface form: Constitutional Convention of 1875 (Texas)
this entity surface form: Texas Constitution of 1876
Office of the Governor of Texas → legalBasis → Texas Constitution ⓘ
University of Texas System → legalBasis → Texas Constitution ⓘ
Governor of Texas → officeCreatedBy → Texas Constitution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of Texas
this entity surface form: Texas Constitution of 1876
Texas Secretary of State → officeCreatedBy → Texas Constitution ⓘ
Article I → partOf → Texas Constitution ⓘ
subject surface form: Article I of the Texas Constitution
Article III → partOf → Texas Constitution ⓘ
subject surface form: Article III of the Texas Constitution
Article IV → partOf → Texas Constitution ⓘ
subject surface form: Article IV of the Texas Constitution
Article V → partOf → Texas Constitution ⓘ
subject surface form: Article V of the Texas Constitution
Texas Constitution → predecessor → Texas Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of 1861 (Texas)
Texas legislative districts → regulatedBy → Texas Constitution ⓘ
Texas Code of Criminal Procedure → relatedTo → Texas Constitution ⓘ
subject surface form: Constitutional Convention of 1875 (Texas)
this entity surface form: Texas Constitution of 1869
this entity surface form: Constitution of Texas (1845)
Denton County Commissioners Court → subjectTo → Texas Constitution ⓘ
Governor of Texas → subordinateTo → Texas Constitution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of Texas
Constitution of 1866 (Texas) → supersededBy → Texas Constitution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Texas Constitution of 1869
Red River County Judge → termDefinedBy → Texas Constitution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Texas Constitution Article V