Tex. Const. art. IV, § 7 · Article 4. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
GOVERNOR AS COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF MILITARY FORCES.
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He shall be Commander-in-Chief of the military forces of the State, except when they are called into actual service of the United States. He shall have power to call forth the militia to execute the laws of the State, to suppress insurrections, and to repel invasions.
Notes and commentary — not constitutional text
History
(Feb. 15, 1876. Amended Nov. 2, 1999.) (TEMPORARY TRANSITION PROVISIONS for Sec. 7: See Appendix, Note 1.)
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- 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 15b82e2ac7863d1d056d87dfe46c4498634580eaaf94ca6757d9833e7d652bba
- 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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