Tex. Const. art. VIII, § 3 · Article 8. TAXATION AND REVENUE
TAXATION BY GENERAL LAW FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the amendments approved by voters in November 2025
Taxes shall be levied and collected by general laws and for public purposes only.
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.8.htm
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- sha256 91278c3a933e81fcbe6b1d0850a3db73e6628efd04cd8a12d61eebbcd8e066f6
- 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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