Tex. Const. art. XVI, § 48 · Article 16. GENERAL PROVISIONS
EXISTING STATE LAWS TO CONTINUE IN FORCE.
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Text — Current through the amendments approved by voters in November 2025
All laws and parts of laws now in force in the State of Texas, which are not repugnant to the Constitution of the United States, or to this Constitution, shall continue and remain in force as the laws of this State, until they expire by their own limitation or shall be amended or repealed by the Legislature.
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.16.htm
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- sha256 1ee1d421aca2bb83aa5fe6f19591a54b4f5ea120c830f872a8f689f3591dcaeb
- 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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