Tex. Const. art. VIII, § 7 · Article 8. TAXATION AND REVENUE
BORROWING, WITHHOLDING, OR DIVERTING SPECIAL FUNDS PROHIBITED.
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Text — Current through the amendments approved by voters in November 2025
The Legislature shall not have power to borrow, or in any manner divert from its purpose, any special fund that may, or ought to, come into the Treasury; and shall make it penal for any person or persons to borrow, withhold or in any manner to divert from its purpose any special fund, or any part thereof.
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 5c8876a69ca4776d523b6b3b36cbabba5f305841d89a98d2c8633949598c80c7
- 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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