Texas Constitution:Article III, Section 48-e and Texas Constitution:Article III, Section 25: Difference between pages

Revision as of 09:50, July 25, 2023

As amended November 6, 2001:

The State shall be divided into senatorial districts of contiguous territory, and each district shall be entitled to elect one Senator.

Editor Comments

As adopted in 1876, this section read: "The State shall be divided into senatorial districts of contiguous territory according to the number of qualified electors, as nearly as may be, and each district shall be entitled to elect one Senator, and no single county shall be entitled to more than one Senator." It has been amended once.

—Attorney Steve Smith

Recent Decisions

None.

Historic Decisions

None.

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)

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+{{DISPLAYTITLE:Article III, Section 25 of the Texas Constitution (''<small>"Senatorial Districts"</small>'')}}{{Texas Constitution|text=As amended November 6, 2001:
-'''Laws may be enacted to provide for the establishment and creation of special districts to provide emergency services and to authorize the commissioners courts of participating counties to levy a tax on the ad valorem property situated in said districts not to exceed ten cents (10¢) on the one hundred dollars ($100.00) valuation for the support thereof; provided that no tax shall be levied in support of said districts until approved by a vote of the qualified voters residing therein. Such a district may provide emergency medical services, emergency ambulance services, rural fire prevention and control services, or other emergency services authorized by the Legislature.'''
+'''The State shall be divided into senatorial districts of contiguous territory, and each district shall be entitled to elect one Senator.'''
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-The purpose of this section is to allow emergency services districts–subject to voter approval–to collect a property tax.
+As adopted in 1876, this section read: "The State shall be divided into senatorial districts of contiguous territory according to the number of qualified electors, as nearly as may be, and each district shall be entitled to elect one Senator, and no single county shall be entitled to more than one Senator." It has been amended once.
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+|seo_description=The legislative power of Texas is vested in a Senate and House of Representatives.
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+[[Category:Election Law]]
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