Tex. Const. art. III, § 51-c · Article 3. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT
AID OR COMPENSATION TO PERSONS IMPROPERLY FINED OR IMPRISONED.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the amendments approved by voters in November 2025
The Legislature may grant aid and compensation to any person who has heretofore paid a fine or served a sentence in prison, or who may hereafter pay a fine or serve a sentence in prison, under the laws of this State for an offense for which he or she is not guilty, under such regulations and limitations as the Legislature may deem expedient.
Notes and commentary — not constitutional text
History
(Added Nov. 6, 1956.)
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
- Text hash
- sha256 4ba4a52e8b040406338583df90d11b75fa9db65f9a3cec7dea227dc44e1586dc
- 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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