Tex. Const. art. XVI, § 9 · Article 16. GENERAL PROVISIONS
NO FORFEITURE OF RESIDENCE BY ABSENCE ON PUBLIC BUSINESS.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the amendments approved by voters in November 2025
Absence on business of the State, or of the United States, shall not forfeit a residence once obtained, so as to deprive any one of the right of suffrage, or of being elected or appointed to any office under the exceptions contained in this Constitution.
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 e56e71f326f15de5ab85d57826c72e4a43ae74c3fe93ecd3a184b289fb8edddc
- 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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