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* ''Ferguson v. Wilcox'', 28 S.W.2d 526, [https://texaslegalguide.com/images/028_SW2_526.pdf#page=9 534] (Tex. 1930) ("[T]he Senate in the trial and conviction of relator acted as a court, and not as a part of the Legislature. Those powers were given to it expressly by the Constitution. Its judgment of removal and disqualification was the judgment of a court. Constitution, art. 15, §§ 3 and 4; Ferguson v. Maddox, supra; Kilbourn v. Thompson, 103 U.S. 168 []; Beall v. Beall, 8 Ga. 210, 228. By the plain provisions of article 2, § 1, no other department could exercise any power properly attached to it, and no other power, without an express provision of the Constitution authorizing it, could render its judgment of disqualification nugatory.")
* ''Ferguson v. Wilcox'', 28 S.W.2d 526, [https://texaslegalguide.com/images/028_SW2_526.pdf#page=9 534] (Tex. 1930) ("[T]he Senate in the trial and conviction of relator acted as a court, and not as a part of the Legislature. Those powers were given to it expressly by the Constitution. Its judgment of removal and disqualification was the judgment of a court. Constitution, art. 15, §§ 3 and 4; Ferguson v. Maddox, supra; Kilbourn v. Thompson, 103 U.S. 168 []; Beall v. Beall, 8 Ga. 210, 228. By the plain provisions of article 2, § 1, no other department could exercise any power properly attached to it, and no other power, without an express provision of the Constitution authorizing it, could render its judgment of disqualification nugatory.")
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[[Category:TxCon ArtIII Sec]]
[[Category:TxCon ArtIII Sec]]

Revision as of 17:20, July 24, 2023

As amended November 2, 1999:

The Senate shall consist of thirty-one members. The House of Representatives shall consist of 150 members.

Editor Comments

Note that in 1965 an amendment to this section increasing the size of the Senate to thirty-nine members was defeated with roughly 61% voting against the amendment.

—Attorney Steve Smith

Recent Decisions

None.

Historic Decisions

  • Ferguson v. Wilcox, 28 S.W.2d 526, 534 (Tex. 1930) ("[T]he Senate in the trial and conviction of relator acted as a court, and not as a part of the Legislature. Those powers were given to it expressly by the Constitution. Its judgment of removal and disqualification was the judgment of a court. Constitution, art. 15, §§ 3 and 4; Ferguson v. Maddox, supra; Kilbourn v. Thompson, 103 U.S. 168 []; Beall v. Beall, 8 Ga. 210, 228. By the plain provisions of article 2, § 1, no other department could exercise any power properly attached to it, and no other power, without an express provision of the Constitution authorizing it, could render its judgment of disqualification nugatory.")

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