Tex. Const. art. III, § 29 · Article 3. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT
ENACTING CLAUSE OF LAWS.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the amendments approved by voters in November 2025
The enacting clause of all laws shall be: "Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas."
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 60d7530fc4060545fe82149e0f5c96ab87fa5ac94674e3284ac4e30f2aac96a8
- 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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