Texas Constitution:Article III, Section 53: Difference between revisions
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|seo_title=Article III, Section 53 of the Texas Constitution ("Payment of Extra Compensation or Unauthorized Claims Prohibited") | |seo_title=Article III, Section 53 of the Texas Constitution ("Payment of Extra Compensation or Unauthorized Claims Prohibited") | ||
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|seo_description=The Legislature may not authorize a county or municipality to pay extra compensation or | |seo_description=The Legislature may not authorize a county or municipality to pay extra compensation or unauthorized claims. | ||
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Revision as of 10:48, August 18, 2023
Adopted February 15, 1876:
The Legislature shall have no power to grant, or to authorize any county or municipal authority to grant, any extra compensation, fee or allowance to a public officer, agent, servant or contractor, after service has been rendered, or a contract has been entered into, and performed in whole or in part; nor pay, nor authorize the payment of, any claim created against any county or municipality of the State, under any agreement or contract, made without authority of law.
Editor Comments
This section first appeared in the Texas Constitution of 1876. Neither the Republic of Texas constitution (1836) nor any of the state's first four constitutions (1845, 1861, 1866, 1869) contained a provision with similar substantive language.
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)