Texas Constitution:Article III, Section 39: Difference between revisions

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* ''Missouri, K. & T. Ry. Co. v. State'', 100 S.W. 766, [https://texaslegalguide.com/images/100_SW_766.pdf#page=3 768] (Tex. 1907) ("The act under examination did not have the emergency declaration; hence it did not go into effect until the 14th day of July, 1905. But that fact will not affect the question of its validity, for the railroads were not required to take notice of it until it became operative. . . . There is a conflict in the authorities upon this point, but we believe those cited are supported by the better reasoning. The words, 'or go into force,' used in our Constitution, emphasizes the idea that the law is without vitalilty [sic] until the 90 days shall expire.")
* ''Missouri, K. & T. Ry. Co. v. State'', 100 S.W. 766, [https://texaslegalguide.com/images/100_SW_766.pdf#page=3 768] (Tex. 1907) ("The act under examination did not have the emergency declaration; hence it did not go into effect until the 14th day of July, 1905. But that fact will not affect the question of its validity, for the railroads were not required to take notice of it until it became operative. . . . There is a conflict in the authorities upon this point, but we believe those cited are supported by the better reasoning. The words, 'or go into force,' used in our Constitution, emphasizes the idea that the law is without vitalilty [sic] until the 90 days shall expire.")


* ''Halbert v. San Saba Springs Land & Live-Stock Ass'n'', 34 S.W. 639, [https://texaslegalguide.com/images/Vol_034_SWR_639.pdf 639] (Tex. 1896) ("The object of the constitutional convention in prescribing a period of time within which no law enacted by the legislature should be operative was to give notice to the people of its passage, that they might obey it when it should become effective, and also to enable them to adjust their affairs to the change made, if any. Price v. Hopkin, 13 Mich. 325. . . . [T]hat is, 90 full days must expire between the adjournment of the legislature and the taking effect of the law. O'Connor v. Towns, 1 Tex. 107.")
* ''Halbert v. San Saba Springs Land & Live-Stock Ass'n'', 34 S.W. 639, [https://texaslegalguide.com/images/034_SW_639.pdf 639] (Tex. 1896) ("The object of the constitutional convention in prescribing a period of time within which no law enacted by the legislature should be operative was to give notice to the people of its passage, that they might obey it when it should become effective, and also to enable them to adjust their affairs to the change made, if any. Price v. Hopkin, 13 Mich. 325. . . . [T]hat is, 90 full days must expire between the adjournment of the legislature and the taking effect of the law. O'Connor v. Towns, 1 Tex. 107.")


|seo_title=Article III, Section 39 of the Texas Constitution ("Time of Taking Effect of Laws")
|seo_title=Article III, Section 39 of the Texas Constitution ("Time of Taking Effect of Laws")