Tex. Const. art. XVI, § 5 · Article 16. GENERAL PROVISIONS
DISQUALIFICATION FROM OFFICE FOR GIVING OR OFFERING BRIBE.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the amendments approved by voters in November 2025
Every person shall be disqualified from holding any office of profit, or trust, in this State, who shall have been convicted of having given or offered a bribe to procure his election or appointment.
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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- 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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