Tex. Const. art. IV, § 11B · Article 4. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCIES.
Text — Current through the amendments approved by voters in November 2025
(a) The legislature by law may organize and combine into one or more agencies all agencies of the state that:
(1) have authority over the confinement or supervision of persons convicted of criminal offenses;
(2) set standards or distribute state funds to political subdivisions that have authority over the confinement or supervision of persons convicted of criminal offenses; or
(3) gather information about the administration of criminal justice.
(b) The legislature by law may authorize the appointment of members of more than one department of government to serve on the governing body.
Notes and commentary — not constitutional text
History
(Added Nov. 7, 1989.)
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.4.htm
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- sha256 63ae152b490329be73797e97a1fa1ba1dcc410e5fe0ec2b269647c3668ba5354
- 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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