Texas Constitution:Article III, Section 48-d

This section was repealed September 13, 2003.

Editor Comments

The former section, added in 1949 and amended once, concerned the establishment of rural fire prevention districts.

The purpose of the section was to allow such districts–subject to voter approval–to collect a property tax.

A 2003 law that converted rural fire prevention districts to emergency services districts made the section unnecessary.

—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)