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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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Texas Constitution canonical	64
Texas Constitution of 1876	6
Constitution of Texas	3
Texas Constitution of 1845	3
Texas Constitution of 1869	3
Article 3 of the Texas Constitution	1
Bill of Rights of Texas	1
Constitution of 1861 (Texas)	1
Constitution of Texas (1845)	1
Texas Bill of Rights	1
Texas Constitution Article V	1

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 (85)

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

Texas Legislature → constitutionalBasis → Texas Constitution ⓘ

Texas legislative districts → regulatedBy → Texas Constitution ⓘ

Texas House of Representatives → createdBy → Texas Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Texas Constitution of 1845

Texas House of Representatives → governedBy → Texas Constitution ⓘ

Texas House of Representatives → authorityDerivedFrom → Texas Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Article 3 of the Texas Constitution

Dallas County District Attorney → legalAuthority → Texas Constitution ⓘ

Governor of Texas → officeCreatedBy → Texas Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitution of Texas

Governor of Texas → subordinateTo → Texas Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitution of Texas

Texas congressional districts → governingLaw → Texas Constitution ⓘ

Texas Constitution → contains → Texas Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bill of Rights of Texas

Texas Constitution → predecessor → Texas Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitution of 1861 (Texas)

Constitution of the Republic of Texas (1836) → replacedBy → Texas Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitution of Texas (1845)

Government of Texas → constitutionalBasis → Texas Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitution of Texas

Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Texas → constitutionalBasis → Texas Constitution ⓘ

Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Texas → officeCreatedBy → Texas Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Texas Constitution of 1876

Texas Code of Criminal Procedure → relatedTo → Texas Constitution ⓘ

Red River County Commissioners Court → legalBasis → Texas Constitution ⓘ

Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives → constitutionalBasis → Texas Constitution ⓘ

Red River County Judge → appliesStatute → Texas Constitution ⓘ

Red River County Judge → termDefinedBy → Texas Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Texas Constitution Article V

Red River County Sheriff’s Office → legalBasis → Texas Constitution ⓘ

Lieutenant Governor of Texas → constitutionalBasis → Texas Constitution ⓘ

Lieutenant Governor of Texas → createdBy → Texas Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Texas Constitution of 1845

Office of the Governor of Texas → legalBasis → Texas Constitution ⓘ

Texas Supreme Court → authorizedBy → Texas Constitution ⓘ

Texas Supreme Court → createdBy → Texas Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Texas Constitution of 1876

Article I → alsoKnownAs → Texas Constitution ⓘ

subject surface form: Article I of the Texas Constitution

this entity surface form: Texas Bill of Rights

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

constitutional convention of 1875 (Texas) → hasEffect → Texas Constitution ⓘ

subject surface form: Constitutional Convention of 1875 (Texas)

this entity surface form: Texas Constitution of 1876

constitutional convention of 1875 (Texas) → drafted → Texas Constitution ⓘ

subject surface form: Constitutional Convention of 1875 (Texas)

this entity surface form: Texas Constitution of 1876

constitutional convention of 1875 (Texas) → replaced → Texas Constitution ⓘ

subject surface form: Constitutional Convention of 1875 (Texas)

this entity surface form: Texas Constitution of 1869

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals → establishedBy → Texas Constitution ⓘ

Article IV → partOf → Texas Constitution ⓘ

subject surface form: Article IV of the Texas Constitution

Texas Secretary of State → officeCreatedBy → Texas Constitution ⓘ

Article V → partOf → Texas Constitution ⓘ

subject surface form: Article V of the Texas Constitution

Constitution of 1866 (Texas) → follows → Texas Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Texas Constitution of 1845

Constitution of 1866 (Texas) → followedBy → Texas Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Texas Constitution of 1869

Constitution of 1866 (Texas) → supersededBy → Texas Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Texas Constitution of 1869

University of Texas System → legalBasis → Texas Constitution ⓘ

Denton County Commissioners Court → subjectTo → Texas Constitution ⓘ

Tarrant County Judge → legalBasis → Texas Constitution ⓘ

Texas Senate District 2 → uses → Texas Constitution ⓘ

Tarrant County Sheriff → legalBasis → Texas Constitution ⓘ

Dallas County Sheriff → legalBasis → Texas Constitution ⓘ

Article IV of the Texas Constitution → partOf → Texas Constitution ⓘ

Attorney General of Texas → constitutionalBasis → Texas Constitution ⓘ

Judicial branch of Texas → interprets → Texas Constitution ⓘ

Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts → constitutionalBasis → Texas Constitution ⓘ

Judiciary of Texas → constitutionalBasis → Texas Constitution ⓘ