Article XVI, Section 13 of the Texas Constitution
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Added September 13, 2003:
For an office for which this constitution requires an election, the legislature may provide by general law for a person to take the office without an election if the person is the only candidate to qualify in an election to be held for that office.
Editor Comments
The original Article XVI, Section 13 was repealed August 5, 1969.
The former section, adopted in 1876 and never amended, mandated the enactment of laws governing arbitration.
Categorized as "deadwood," it and numerous other sections were repealed by the same ballot proposition in 1969.
Note that the current Article XVI, Section 13 was added at the same amendment election as Article XVI, Section 13A.
Recent Decisions
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Historic Decisions
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Library Resources
- Vernon's Annotated Constitution of the State of Texas (this multi-volume and up-to-date resource is available at all law libraries and many municipal libraries)
- The Texas State Constitution: A Reference Guide (this one-volume resource is available at most law libraries and some municipal libraries)
- The Constitution of the State of Texas: An Annotated and Comparative Analysis (this two-volume resource is available at most law libraries and some municipal libraries)
Online Resources
- Constitution of the State of Texas (1876) (this resource is published and maintained by the University of Texas School of Law)
- Amendments to the Texas Constitution Since 1876 (this resource is published and regularly updated by the Legislative Council)
- Reports Analyzing Proposed Amendments (this resource is published and regularly updated by the Legislative Reference Library)