Tex. Const. art. III, § 23 · Article 3. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT
VACANCY FOLLOWING REMOVAL FROM DISTRICT OR COUNTY FROM WHICH ELECTED.
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Text — Current through the amendments approved by voters in November 2025
If any Senator or Representative remove his residence from the district or county for which he was elected, his office shall thereby become vacant, and the vacancy shall be filled as provided in section 13 of this article.
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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- sha256 00deb861a409cabcc5c151adc2c164530a1f8d89470ab7904b2584c68409fd27
- 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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