Texas Constitution:Article III, Section 49-d-6 and Texas Constitution:Article III, Section 52-g: Difference between pages

Revision as of 17:19, August 16, 2023

As amended November 2, 1999:

Bonds to be issued by Dallas County under Section 52(b)(3) of Article III of this constitution may, without the necessity of further or amendatory legislation, be issued upon a vote of a majority of the voting qualified voters of said county, and bonds heretofore or hereafter issued under Subsections (a) and (b) of said Section 52 shall not be included in determining the debt limit prescribed in said section.

Editor Comments

This section, added in 1968, was originally numbered Article III, Section 52-e.

However, an unrelated section numbered 52-e, added in 1967, already existed.

In 1997, the substance of this section was moved from number 52-e to 52-g.

The modification in 1999 was part of a "constitutional cleanup amendment."

—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 49-d-6 of the Texas Constitution (''<small>"Review and Approval of Texas Water Development Bonds"</small>'')}}{{Texas Constitution|text=As amended November 2, 1999:
+{{DISPLAYTITLE:Article III, Section 52-g of the Texas Constitution (''<small>"Dallas County Bond Issues for Roads and Turnpikes"</small>'')}}{{Texas Constitution|text=As amended November 2, 1999:
-'''The Legislature may require review and approval of the issuance of Texas Water Development Bonds, of the use of the bond proceeds, or of the rules adopted by an agency to govern use of the bond proceeds. Notwithstanding any other provision of this constitution, any entity created or directed to conduct this review and approval may include members or appointees of members of the executive, legislative, and judicial departments of state government.'''
+'''Bonds to be issued by Dallas County under Section [[Texas Constitution:Article III, Section 52#mw-content-text|52(b)(3)]] of Article III of this constitution may, without the necessity of further or amendatory legislation, be issued upon a vote of a majority of the voting qualified voters of said county, and bonds heretofore or hereafter issued under Subsections (a) and (b) of said Section [[Texas Constitution:Article III, Section 52|52]] shall not be included in determining the debt limit prescribed in said section.'''
 |editor=
-Added in 1987, this section has been amended once. The 1999 modification was part of a "constitutional cleanup amendment."
+This section, added in 1968, was originally numbered Article III, Section 52-e.
-Note that the section's second sentence exempts the review entity from the separation-of-powers mandate of Article II, Section [[Texas Constitution:Article II, Section 1|1]].
+However, an unrelated section numbered 52-e, added in 1967, already existed.
+In 1997, the substance of this section was moved from number 52-e to 52-g.
+The modification in 1999 was part of a "constitutional cleanup amendment."
 |recent=
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 None.
-|seo_title=Article III, Section 49-d-6 of the Texas Constitution ("Review and Approval of Texas Water Development Bonds")
+|seo_title=Article III, Section 52-g of the Texas Constitution ("Dallas County Bond Issues for Roads and Turnpikes")
-|seo_keywords=Article 3 Section 49-d-6, water bonds, debt authorization
+|seo_keywords=Article 3 Section 52-g, Dallas County, debt authorization
-|seo_description=The legislative power of Texas is vested in a Senate and House of Representatives.
+|seo_description=Dallas County road bonds issued under Article III, Section 52(b)(3) may be authorized by majority vote.
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 |seo_image_alt=Article III: Legislative Department
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