Tex. Const. art. VIII, § 4 · Article 8. TAXATION AND REVENUE
SURRENDER OR SUSPENSION OF TAXING POWER PROHIBITED.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the amendments approved by voters in November 2025
The power to tax corporations and corporate property shall not be surrendered or suspended by act of the Legislature, by any contract or grant to which the State shall be a party.
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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- 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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