Tex. Const. art. III, § 22 · Article 3. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT

DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL OR PRIVATE INTEREST IN MEASURE OR BILL; NOT TO VOTE.

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Text — Current through the amendments approved by voters in November 2025

A member who has a personal or private interest in any measure or bill, proposed, or pending before the Legislature, shall disclose the fact to the House, of which he is a member, and shall not vote thereon.

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.3.htm
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Government Code

Tex. Gov't Code § 572.058PRIVATE INTEREST IN MEASURE OR DECISION; DISCLOSURE; REMOVAL FROM OFFICE FOR VIOLATION.Printed as Article III, Section 22, of the Texas Constitution

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