Tex. Const. art. XII, § 1 · Article 12. PRIVATE CORPORATIONS
CREATION OF PRIVATE CORPORATIONS BY GENERAL LAWS ONLY.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the amendments approved by voters in November 2025
No Private Corporation shall be created except by general laws.
Notes and commentary — not constitutional text
History
(Feb. 15, 1876.)
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the amendments approved by voters in November 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CN/htm/CN.12.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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