Article XVI, Section 14 of the Texas Constitution

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Adopted February 15, 1876:

All civil officers shall reside within the State; and all district or county officers within their districts or counties, and shall keep their offices at such places as may be required by law; and failure to comply with this condition shall vacate the office so held.

Editor Comments

This section is self-executing.

Attorney Steve Smith

Recent Decisions

None.

Historic Decisions

  • Kaufman County Levee Improvement Dist. v. National Life Ins. Co., 171 S.W.2d 188, 189 (Tex.Civ.App.–Dallas 1943, ref'd) ("The provision has the same meaning today that it had when first adopted as a part . . . . Improvement districts, such as the District involved here, were unknown in 1845 when § 14 of Art. 16 became a part of the constitutional law of the state; nor did such districts come into existence until after the constitutional amendment known as § 52 of Art. 3 was adopted in November, 1904, and more extensively after the amendment known as § 59 of Art. 16 was adopted in August, 1917, hence we do not think § 14 of Art. 16 has any application whatever to the District involved here.")

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