Tex. Const. art. XVI, § 2 · Article 16. GENERAL PROVISIONS
EXCLUSIONS FROM OFFICE FOR CONVICTION OF HIGH CRIMES.
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Laws shall be made to exclude from office persons who have been convicted of bribery, perjury, forgery, or other high crimes.
Notes and commentary — not constitutional text
History
(Feb. 15, 1876. Amended Nov. 6, 2001.) (TEMPORARY TRANSITION PROVISION for Sec. 2: See Appendix, Note 3.)
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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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