Tex. Const. art. III, § 58 · Article 3. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT
SEAT OF GOVERNMENT.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the amendments approved by voters in November 2025
The Legislature shall hold its sessions at the City of Austin, which is hereby declared to be the seat of government.
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
- Text hash
- sha256 ad407f18ae37be8f28e210c179c917f799a7e918354eacd7135ee5a6fd123a3f
- 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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