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The Constitution of the State of Texas is the document that establishes the structure and function of the government of the U.S. state of Texas and enumerates the basic rights of the citizens of Texas. The current document was adopted on February 15, 1876, and is the seventh constitution in Texas history (including the Mexican constitution).
Texas later repealed the State Constitution of 1869 and enacted the Texas State Constitution of 1876 on February 15, 1876, which remains their current state constitution though with numerous amendments. [2] Much of the politics of the remainder of the century centered on land use. Guided by the federal Morill Act, Texas sold public lands to ...
Article X of the Texas Constitution of 1876 covers railroad companies and the creation of the Railroad Commission of Texas.The federal government later created the Interstate Commerce Commission to regulate railroads, and eight of the nine sections (all but section 2) of Article X were repealed in 1969 as "deadwood".
Already amended 507 times, the Texas Constitution is one of the longest such documents in the nation.
Texas voters decided whether to reject or approve 14 proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution. Here's a look at the results.
During Reconstruction, the 1869 Texas Constitution apportioned the state four seats in the United States House of Representatives. The state only had one set of legislative districts, with each district electing one senator and two to four representatives. [17] Texas's current redistricting system was established by its 1876 Constitution. [18]
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The present constitution of 1876 returned terms to two years, [10] but a 1972 amendment again returned them to four. [11] In the case of a vacancy in the office, the lieutenant governor becomes governor. [12] Prior to a 1999 amendment, the lieutenant governor only acted as governor until the expiration of the term to which he succeeded.