Texas Constitution:Article III, Section 56: Difference between revisions

This section has been amended once. The 2001 modification was part of a "constitutional cleanup amendment." It made stylistic changes and transferred the substance of Sections [[Texas Constitution:Article XVI, Section 22|22]] and [[Texas Constitution:Article XVI, Section 43|43]] of Article XVI to this section. The local and special laws authorized by other sections, either expressly or by implication, include laws: (1) creating or affecting a conservation and reclamation district (Article XVI, Section [[Texas Constitution:Article XVI, Section 59|59]]); (2) creating or affecting a hospital district (Article IX, Sections [[Texas Constitution:Article IX, Section 4|4]]-[[Texas Constitution:Article IX, Section 11|11]]); (3) concerning the court system (Article V, Sections [[Texas Constitution:Article V, Section 1|1]], [[Texas Constitution:Article V, Section 7|7]], [[Texas Constitution:Article V, Section 8|8]], & [[Texas Constitution:Article V, Section 21|21]]); (4) creating or affecting road or water districts (Article III, Section [[Texas Constitution:Article III, Section 52|52]]); (5) granting aid or a release from taxes in cases of public calamity (Article III, Section [[Texas Constitution:Article III, Section 51|51]], Article VIII, Section [[Texas Constitution:Article VIII, Section 10|10]]); (6) creating or affecting airport authorities (Article IX, Section [[Texas Constitution:Article IX, Section 12|12]]); (7) providing for consolidation of functions of political subdivisions (Article III, Section [[Texas Constitution:Article III, Section 64|64]]); (8) relating to stock laws (Article XVI, Section [[Texas Constitution:Article XVI, Section 23|23]]); and (9) providing for road maintenance (Article VIII, Section [[Texas Constitution:Article VIII, Section 9|9]]).

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