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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).
It was revived, improbably, by a University of Texas student in the early 1980s, Gregory Watson, who was frustrated when he got a C on a paper he wrote about the languishing amendment. True story ...
Proposition 7, the Homestead Tax Limit for Surviving Spouses of Disabled Individuals Amendment, amended the state constitution to "allow the surviving spouse of a disabled individual to maintain a homestead property tax limit if the spouse is 55 years of age or older at the time of the death and remains at the homestead". [9] The measure passed ...
Already amended 507 times, the Texas Constitution is one of the longest such documents in the nation.
To change the Constitution of the Netherlands the legislature must pass a law by simple majority proposing to change the constitution (voorstelwet, lit. proposed law). The lower house must then be dissolved and after elections the proposal is considered again.
The Texas Plan has nine propositions to amend the U.S. Constitution. It will not be voted on until a convention of the states is held. [1] If passed, the Texas Plan would do the following: Prevent Congress from regulating activity that "occurs wholly within one State". Require a balanced budget. Prevent "unelected bureaucrats" from creating ...
Nothing occurred in Congress or the courts to stop him, so presidential pay-to-play schemes are now grafted onto the Constitution as generally acceptable, even if simultaneously illegal or ...
The 2023 Texas constitutional amendment election took place on November 7, 2023. Texas voters statewide voted on 14 proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution all of which would pass except for proposition 13, which would have increased the mandatory retirement age for state justices and judges had it passed.