Tex. Const. art. V, § 3-c · Article 5. JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
QUESTIONS OF STATE LAW CERTIFIED FROM FEDERAL APPELLATE COURT.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the amendments approved by voters in November 2025
(a) The supreme court and the court of criminal appeals have jurisdiction to answer questions of state law certified from a federal appellate court.
(b) The supreme court and the court of criminal appeals shall promulgate rules of procedure relating to the review of those questions.
Notes and commentary — not constitutional text
History
(Added Nov. 5, 1985.)
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.5.htm
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- 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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