Tex. Const. art. III, § 55 · Article 3. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT
RELEASE OR EXTINGUISHMENT OF INDEBTEDNESS TO STATE, COUNTY, SUBDIVISION, OR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the amendments approved by voters in November 2025
The Legislature shall have no power to release or extinguish, or to authorize the releasing or extinguishing, in whole or in part, the indebtedness, liability or obligation of any corporation or individual, to this State or to any county or defined subdivision thereof, or other municipal corporation therein, except delinquent taxes which have been due for a period of at least ten years.
Notes and commentary — not constitutional text
History
(Feb. 15, 1876. Amended Nov. 8, 1932.)
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 ac79544863362ed7cb3f6c8130680844b604a663408d15a0a1be6a65b394e0ba
- 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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