Tex. Const. art. XVI, § 17 · Article 16. GENERAL PROVISIONS
SERVICE OF PUBLIC OFFICER PENDING QUALIFICATION OF SUCCESSOR.
Text — Current through the amendments approved by voters in November 2025
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this section, all officers of this State shall continue to perform the duties of their offices until their successors shall be duly qualified.
(b) Following the expiration of a term of an appointive office that is filled by appointment of the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate and that is not an office for which the officer receives a salary, the period for which the officer shall continue to perform the duties of office under Subsection (a) of this section ends on the last day of the first regular session of the Legislature that begins after the expiration of the term.
Notes and commentary — not constitutional text
History
(Feb. 15, 1876. Amended Nov. 7, 2017.)
Source of truth
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- Current through the amendments approved by voters in November 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CN/htm/CN.16.htm
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- 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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