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Note that an 1874 amendment to the Texas Constitution of 1869 provided: "The legislature shall not pass local or special laws in any of the following enumerated cases: that is to say, [1] for locating or changing county seats, regulating county or town affairs, [2] regulating the practice in courts of justice, [3] regulating the duties and jurisdiction of justices of the peace and constables, [4] providing for changes of venue in civil and criminal causes, [5] incorporating cities and towns, or changing or amending the charter of any city or village, [6] providing for the management of common schools, [7] regulating the rates of interest on money, [8] remitting fines, penalties, or forfeitures, [9] changing the law of descent. In all other cases when a general law can be made applicable, no special law shall be enacted; or in any case when a general law can be made applicable, no special law shall be enacted. The legislature shall enact general laws providing for the cases before enumerated in this section, and for all other cases which, in its judgment, may be provided by general laws." | Note that an 1874 amendment to the Texas Constitution of 1869 provided: "The legislature shall not pass local or special laws in any of the following enumerated cases: that is to say, [1] for locating or changing county seats, regulating county or town affairs, [2] regulating the practice in courts of justice, [3] regulating the duties and jurisdiction of justices of the peace and constables, [4] providing for changes of venue in civil and criminal causes, [5] incorporating cities and towns, or changing or amending the charter of any city or village, [6] providing for the management of common schools, [7] regulating the rates of interest on money, [8] remitting fines, penalties, or forfeitures, [9] changing the law of descent. In all other cases when a general law can be made applicable, no special law shall be enacted; or in any case when a general law can be made applicable, no special law shall be enacted. The legislature shall enact general laws providing for the cases before enumerated in this section, and for all other cases which, in its judgment, may be provided by general laws." | ||
A side-by-side comparison reflects that this section, as adopted in 1876, was based in large part on the "long-form" provision (Art. IV, Sec. 53) contained in the Missouri Constitution of 1875, which read in part: "The General Assembly shall not pass any local or special law: [1] Authorizing the creation, extension or impairing of liens; [2] Regulating the affairs of counties, cities, townships, wards or school districts; . . . Legalizing the unauthorized or invalid acts of any officer or agent of the State, or of any county or municipality thereof. In all other cases, where a general law can be made applicable, no local or special law shall be enacted; and whether a general law could have been made applicable in any case, is hereby declared a judicial question, and as such shall be judicially determined without regard to any legislative assertion on that subject. Nor shall the General Assembly indirectly enact such special or local law by the partial repeal of a general law; but laws repealing local or special acts may be passed." | A side-by-side comparison reflects that this section, as adopted in 1876, was based in large part on the "long-form" provision (Art. IV, Sec. [https://scholarship.law.missouri.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1002&context=mo_constitutions_race 53]) contained in the Missouri Constitution of 1875, which read in part: "The General Assembly shall not pass any local or special law: [1] Authorizing the creation, extension or impairing of liens; [2] Regulating the affairs of counties, cities, townships, wards or school districts; . . . Legalizing the unauthorized or invalid acts of any officer or agent of the State, or of any county or municipality thereof. In all other cases, where a general law can be made applicable, no local or special law shall be enacted; and whether a general law could have been made applicable in any case, is hereby declared a judicial question, and as such shall be judicially determined without regard to any legislative assertion on that subject. Nor shall the General Assembly indirectly enact such special or local law by the partial repeal of a general law; but laws repealing local or special acts may be passed." | ||
This section has been amended once. The 2001 modification, part of a "constitutional cleanup amendment," transferred (1) the prohibition against local and special laws that relieve a person from any public duty or service imposed by general law from Section 43, Article XVI and (2) the authority to enact local fence laws from Section 22, Article XVI. | This section has been amended once. The 2001 modification, part of a "constitutional cleanup amendment," transferred (1) the prohibition against local and special laws that relieve a person from any public duty or service imposed by general law from Section 43, Article XVI and (2) the authority to enact local fence laws from Section 22, Article XVI. | ||