Editing Texas Constitution talk:Article IV

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== add to III ==

22-0256 BROWN v. CITY OF HOUSTON "That sovereign policy decision
manifested itself in a constitutional amendment approved in November
1956, which authorizes the legislature to “grant aid and compensation
to any person” fined or imprisoned “for an offense for which he or she is
not guilty, under such regulations and limitations as the Legislature
may deem expedient.” Tex. Const. art. III, § 51-c. The amendment was
a cautious, aspirational step. It did not directly promise anything to
anyone, for by its terms the amendment was not self-executing. See,
e.g., State v. Clements, 319 S.W.2d 450, 453 (Tex. Civ. App.—Texarkana
1958, writ ref’d). It simply authorized legislation for its stated purpose."