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TEXAS PROPERTY TAX LAWSCONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF TEXAS 1876ARTICLE IIILegislative .28.29.30.31.32.33.34.35.36.Section37.38.Senate and House of Representatives.Membership of Senate and House of Representatives.Election and Term of Office of Senators.Election and Term of Members of House of Represen tatives.Meetings; Order of Business.Qualifications of Senators.Qualifications of Representatives.Each House Judge of Qualifications and Election of itsMembers; Election Contests.President Pro Tempore of Senate; Lieutenant Gover nor Vacancy; Speaker of House of Representatives;Other Officers.Quorum; Adjournment from Day to Day; CompellingAttendance.Rules of Procedure; Punishment or Expulsion of Mem ber.Journals of Proceedings; Record Votes.Vacancy in Legislature.Privilege from Arrest During Legislative Session.Disrespectful or Disorderly Conduct; Obstruction ofProceedings.Open Sessions.Adjournments.Ineligibility for Other Offices; Voting for Other Mem bers; Interest in State or County Contracts.Ineligibility of Persons Holding Other Offices.Eligibility of Collectors of Taxes or Persons Entrustedwith Public Money.Words Spoken in Debate.Disclosure of Personal or Private Interest in Measureor Bill; Not to Vote.Vacancy Following Removal from District or Countyfrom which Elected.[Repealed November 4, 1997.]Compensation and Expenses of Members of Legisla ture; Duration of Regular Sessions.Texas Ethics Commission; Legislative Salaries andPer Diem.Senatorial Districts.Apportionment of Members of House of Representa tives.Counties with More Than Seven Representatives [Re pealed].Elections for Legislators.Time for Apportionment; Apportionment By Legisla tive Redistricting Board.Enacting Clause of Laws.Laws Passed by Bill; Amendments Changing PurposeProhibited.Origination in Either House; Amendment.Reading on Three Several Days.Origination of Revenue Bills in House of Representa tives.Defeated Bills and Resolutions.Subjects and Titles of Bills.Revival or Amendment by Reference Prohibited; Re enactment and Publication at ence to Committee and Report.Signing Bills and Joint Resolutions; Entry on Jour nals.Time of Taking Effect of Laws.Special Sessions; Subjects of Legislation; Duration.Elections by Senate and House of Representatives.[Repealed].Revision of Laws.Compensation of Public Officials and Contractors; Ex tra Compensation; Unauthorized Claims; Unau thorized Employment.Change of Venue in Civil and Criminal Cases.Uniformity in Collection of Fees.Prohibition on Lotteries and Gift Enterprises; Excep tions for Charitable Bingo, Charitable Raffles, andState .Rural Fire Prevention Districts [Repealed].Emergency Services Districts.Jail Districts.State Debts.Financial Statements and Revenue Estimate byComptroller of Public Accounts; Limitation of Ap propriations and Certification of Bills ContainingAppropriations.Veterans’ Land Board; Bond Issues; Veterans’ Landand Housing Funds.Bonds to Augment Veterans’ Land Fund [Reenacted].Bonds to Augment Veterans’ Land Fund [Reenacted].Veterans’ Housing Bonds [Reenacted].Texas Water Development Board; Bond Issue; TexasWater Development Fund.Development of Reservoirs and Water Facilities; Sale,Transfer, or Lease of Facilities or Public Waters.Additional Texas Water Development Bonds.Additional Bonding Authority of Texas Water Develop ment Board; Dedicated Use of Some Proceeds.Creation and Use of Special Funds for Water Projects.Bond Insurance Program for Water Projects.Extension of Benefits to Nonprofit Water Supply Cor porations.Review and Approval of Texas Water DevelopmentBonds.Use of Proceeds of Texas Water Development Bonds.Texas Water Development Fund II; Additional Bonds;Sale, Transfer, or Lease of Facilities or Public Wa ters.Issuance of Additional General Obligation Bonds ForTexas Water Development Fund II.Additional Bonds for Financial Assistance to Economi cally Distressed Areas.Continuing Authorization for Additional Bonds forTexas Water Development Fund II.State Water Implementation Fund for Texas.

Art. III, § -6A.50b-7.50c.50-d.50-e.50-f.50-g.51.51-a.PROPERTY TAX LAWSState Water Implementation Revenue Fund for Texas.[2 Versions: as added by Proposition No. 2, November5, 2019]; Additional Bonds for Water Supply andSewer Service Projects in Economically DistressedAreas.[2 Versions: as added by Proposition No. 8, November5, 2019]; Flood Infrastructure Fund.Texas Park Development Fund; Bonds.Bonds for Financial Assistance to Purchase Farm andRanch Land and for Rural Economic Development.Economic Stabilization Fund; Allocation of Certain Oiland Gas Production Tax Revenue.Bond Issuance for Correctional and Statewide LawEnforcement Facilities and for Institutions for Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities .Texas Agricultural Fund; Rural Microenterprise Development Fund.Limit on State Debt Payable from General RevenueFund.Texas Mobility Fund.Financial Assistance to Counties for Roadway Projectsto Serve Border Colonias.Short-Term Notes and Loans for Texas Department ofTransportation Functions.[2 Versions: As added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., H.J.R.No. 28] Public Securities and Bond EnhancementAgreements Payable from State Highway Fund forHighway Improvement Projects.[2 Versions: As added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., S.J.R.No. 55] General Obligation Bonds and Notes forMilitary Value Revolving Loan Account.Texas Rail Relocation and Improvement Fund.General Obligation Bonds for Highway Improvements.[Repealed November 7, 1978.]Loan or Pledge of Credit of the StateState Medical Education Board; State Medical Education Fund; Purpose [Repealed].[Repeal].Additional Student Loans [Repealed].Additional Student Loans [Repealed].Additional Student Loans [Repealed].Additional Student Loans.Additional Student Loans.Additional Student Loans.Bond Enhancement Agreements with Respect toBonds Issued for Student Loans.Continuing Authorization for Additional Bonds forStudent Loans.Farm and Ranch Loan Security Fund.Agricultural Water Conservation Fund.Guarantee of Texas Grain Warehouse Self-InsuranceFund.General Obligation Bonds for Construction and RepairProjects and for Purchase of Equipment.General Obligation Bonds for Maintenance, Improvement, Repair or Construction Projects and for Purchase of Equipment.Grants of Public Money Prohibited.Assistance Grants, Medical Care and Certain OtherServices for Needy Persons, Federal .67.2Financial Assistance to Local Fire Departments andOther Public Fire - Fighting Organizations.Aid or Compensation to Persons Improperly Fined orImprisoned.Assistance to Survivors of Public Servant SufferingDeath in Performance of Hazardous Duty.[Repealed].[Repealed].Social Security Coverage of Proprietary Employees ofPolitical Subdivisions.Restrictions on Lending Credit or Making Grants byPolitical Corporations or Political Subdivisions; Au thorized Bonds; Investment of Funds.Programs and Loans or Grants of Public Money forEconomic Development.Loan of State’s Credit, Grant of Public Money, orAssumption of Debt for Toll Road Purposes.(Blank).County or Road District Tax for Road and BridgePurposes in Harris County.County Payment of Medical Expenses of Law Enforce ment Officials.Private Road Work by Counties with Population of7,500 or Less.Dallas County Bond Issues for Roads and Turnpikes.Donations by Municipalities of Outdated or SurplusFire Fighting Equipment to Underdeveloped Counties.Donations by Municipalities of Surplus Fire FightingEquipment for Rural Fire Protection.Sale of Real Property Acquired Through EminentDomain.County or Municipal Bonds or Notes to Acquire LandAdjacent to Military Installations.Donation of Law Enforcement Animal.Payment of Extra Compensation or UnauthorizedClaims Prohibited.Liens on Railroad; Release, Alienation, or Change[Repealed].Release or Extinguishment of Indebtedness to State,County, Subdivision, or Municipal Corporation.Prohibited Local and Special Laws.Notice of Intention to Apply for Local or Special Law.Seat of Government.Workers’ Compensation Insurance for State Employ ees.Workers’ Compensation Insurance for Employees ofPolitical Subdivisions.Workers’ Compensation Insurance for Municipal Em ployees [Repealed].Minimum Salaries of Certain State Officers.Continuity of State and Local Governmental Operations Following Enemy Attack.Consolidation of Governmental Functions in Countiesof 1,200,000 or More [Repealed].Consolidation of Offices and Functions of PoliticalSubdivisions; Contracts Between Political Subdivi sions.Maximum Interest Rate on Public Bonds.Limitation of Liability for Noneconomic Damages.Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas;Bonds.Sec. 1. Senate and House of Representatives.The Legislative power of this State shall be vested in a Senate and House of Representatives, which together shallbe styled “The Legislature of the State of Texas.”Sec. 2. Membership of Senate and House of Representatives.The Senate shall consist of thirty-one members. The House of Representatives shall consist of 150 members.Amendment proposed by 1999 76th Leg., H.J.R. No. 62, approved by electorate (Prop. 3) at the November 2, 1999 election.

3CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF TEXASArt. III, § 9Sec. 3. Election and Term of Office of Senators.The Senators shall be chosen by the qualified voters for the term of four years; but a new Senate shall be chosen afterevery apportionment, and the Senators elected after each apportionment shall be divided by lot into two classes. Theseats of the Senators of the first class shall be vacated at the expiration of the first two years, and those of the secondclass at the expiration of four years, so that one half of the Senators shall be chosen biennially thereafter. Senators shalltake office following their election, on the day set by law for the convening of the Regular Session of the Legislature, andshall serve thereafter for the full term of years to which elected.Amendment proposed by 1999 76th Leg., H.J.R. No. 62, approved by electorate (Prop. 3) at the November 2, 1999 election.Sec. 4. Election and Term of Members of House of Representatives.The Members of the House of Representatives shall be chosen by the qualified voters for the term of two years.Representatives shall take office following their election, on the day set by law for the convening of the Regular Sessionof the Legislature, and shall serve thereafter for the full term of years to which elected.Amendment proposed by 1999 76th Leg., H.J.R. No. 62, approved by electorate (Prop. 3) at the November 2, 1999 election.Sec. 5. Meetings; Order of Business.(a) The Legislature shall meet every two years at such time as may be provided by law and at other times whenconvened by the Governor.(b) When convened in regular Session, the first thirty days thereof shall be devoted to the introduction of bills andresolutions, acting upon emergency appropriations, passing upon the confirmation of the recess appointees of theGovernor and such emergency matters as may be submitted by the Governor in special messages to the Legislature.During the succeeding thirty days of the regular session of the Legislature the various committees of each House shallhold hearings to consider all bills and resolutions and other matters then pending; and such emergency matters as maybe submitted by the Governor. During the remainder of the session the Legislature shall act upon such bills andresolutions as may be then pending and upon such emergency matters as may be submitted by the Governor in specialmessages to the Legislature.(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), either House may determine its order of business by an affirmative vote offour-fifths of its membership.Amendment proposed by 1999 76th Leg., H.J.R. No. 62, approved by electorate (Prop. 3) at the November 2, 1999 election.Sec. 6. Qualifications of Senators.No person shall be a Senator, unless he be a citizen of the United States, and, at the time of his election a qualifiedvoter of this State, and shall have been a resident of this State five years next preceding his election, and the last yearthereof a resident of the district for which he shall be chosen, and shall have attained the age of twenty-six years.Amendment proposed by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., H.J.R. No. 62, approved by electorate (Prop. 3) at the November 2, 1999 election.Sec. 7. Qualifications of Representatives.No person shall be a Representative, unless he be a citizen of the United States, and, at the time of his election, aqualified voter of this State, and shall have been a resident of this State two years next preceding his election, the lastyear thereof a resident of the district for which he shall be chosen, and shall have attained the age of twenty-one years.Amendment proposed by 1999 76th Leg., H.J.R. No. 62, approved by electorate (Prop. 3) at the November 2, 1999 election.Sec. 8. Each House Judge of Qualifications and Election of its Members; Election Contests.Each House shall be the judge of the qualifications and election of its own members; but contested elections shall bedetermined in such manner as shall be provided by law.Sec. 9. President Pro Tempore of Senate; Lieutenant Governor Vacancy; Speaker of House of Representa tives; Other Officers.(a) The Senate shall, at the beginning and close of each session, and at such other times as may be necessary, electone of its members President pro tempore, who shall perform the duties of the Lieutenant Governor in any case ofabsence or temporary disability of that officer. If the office of Lieutenant Governor becomes vacant, the President protempore of the Senate shall convene the Committee of the Whole Senate within 30 days after the vacancy occurs. TheCommittee of the Whole shall elect one of its members to perform the duties of the Lieutenant Governor in addition tothe member’s duties as Senator until the next general election. If the Senator so elected ceases to be a Senator beforethe election of a new Lieutenant Governor, another Senator shall be elected in the same manner to perform the dutiesof the Lieutenant Governor until the next general election. Until the Committee of the Whole elects one of its members

Art. III, § 10PROPERTY TAX LAWS4for this purpose, the President pro tempore shall perform the duties of the Lieutenant Governor as provided by thissubsection.(b) The House of Representatives shall, when it first assembles, organize temporarily, and thereupon proceed to theelection of a Speaker from its own members.(c) Each House shall choose its other officers.Amendment proposed by 1999 76th Leg., H.J.R. No. 44, approved by electorate (Prop. 1) at the November 2, 1999 election.Sec. 10. Quorum; Adjournment from Day to Day; Compelling Attendance.Two-thirds of each House shall constitute a quorum to do business, but a smaller number may adjourn from day today, and compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner and under such penalties as each House mayprovide.Sec. 11. Rules of Procedure; Punishment or Expulsion of Member.Each House may determine the rules of its own proceedings, punish members for disorderly conduct, and, with theconsent of two-thirds, expel a member, but not a second time for the same offense.Sec. 12. Journals of Proceedings; Record Votes.(a) Each house of the legislature shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and publish the same.(b) A vote taken by either house must be by record vote with the vote of each member entered in the journal of thathouse if the vote is on final passage of a bill, a resolution proposing or ratifying a constitutional amendment, or anotherresolution other than a resolution of a purely ceremonial or honorary nature. Either house by rule may provide forexceptions to this requirement for a bill that applies only to one district or political subdivision of this state. Forpurposes of this subsection, a vote on final passage includes a vote on third reading in a house, or on second reading ifthe house suspends the requirement for three readings, on whether to concur in the other house’s amendments, and onwhether to adopt a conference committee report.(c) The yeas and nays of the members of either house on any other question shall, at the desire of any three memberspresent, be entered on the journals.(d) Each house shall make each record vote required under Subsection (b) of this section, including the vote of eachindividual member as recorded in the journal of that house, available to the public for a reasonable period of not lessthan two years through the Internet or a successor electronic communications system accessible by the public. For arecord vote on a bill or on a resolution proposing or ratifying a constitutional amendment, the record vote must beaccessible to the public by reference to the designated number of the bill or resolution and by reference to its subject.Amendment proposed by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., H.J.R. No. 19, approved by the electorate (Prop. 11) at the November 6, 2007 election.Sec. 13. Vacancy in Legislature.(a) When vacancies occur in either House, the Governor, or the person exercising the power of the Governor, shallissue writs of election to fill such vacancies; and should the Governor fail to issue a writ of election to fill any suchvacancy within twenty days after it occurs, the returning officer of the district in which such vacancy may havehappened, shall be authorized to order an election for that purpose.(b) The legislature may provide by general law for the filling of a vacancy in the legislature without an election if onlyone person qualifies and declares a candidacy in an election to fill the vacancy.Amendment proposed by 2001 77th Leg., H.J.R. No. , approved by the electorate at the November 6, 2001 election.Sec. 14. Privilege from Arrest During Legislative Session.Senators and Representatives shall, except in cases of treason, felony, or breach of the peace, be privileged from arrestduring the session of the Legislature, and in going to and returning from the same.Amendment proposed by 1999 76th Leg., H.J.R. No. 62, approved by electorate (Prop. 3) at the November 2, 1999 election.Sec. 15. Disrespectful or Disorderly Conduct; Obstruction of Proceedings.Each House may punish, by imprisonment, during its sessions, any person not a member, for disrespectful ordisorderly conduct in its presence, or for obstructing any of its proceedings; provided, such imprisonment shall not, atany one time, exceed forty-eight hours.Sec. 16. Open Sessions.The sessions of each House shall be open, except the Senate when in Executive session.

5CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF TEXASArt. III, § 24aSec. 17. Adjournments.Neither House shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other place thanthat where the Legislature may be sitting.Sec. 18. Ineligibility for Other Offices; Voting for Other Members; Interest in State or County Contracts.No Senator or Representative shall, during the term for which he was elected, be eligible to (1) any civil office of profitunder this State which shall have been created, or the emoluments of which may have been increased, during suchterm, or (2) any office or place, the appointment to which may be made, in whole or in part, by either branch of theLegislature; provided, however, the fact that the term of office of Senators and Representatives does not end preciselyon the last day of December but extends a few days into January of the succeeding year shall be considered as deminimis, and the ineligibility herein created shall terminate on the last day in December of the last full calendar yearof the term for which he was elected. No member of either House shall vote for any other member for any office whatever,which may be filled by a vote of the Legislature, except in such cases as are in this Constitution provided, nor shall anymember of the Legislature be interested, either directly or indirectly, in any contract with the State, or any countythereof, authorized by any law passed during the term for which he was elected.Sec. 19. Ineligibility of Person

Subtitle A. Administrative Procedure and Practice Chapter 2003. State Office of Administrative Hearings, §§ 2003.001 to 2003.916 265 Subtitle B. Information and Planning Chapter 2051. Government Documents, Publications, and Notices, §§ 2051.001 to 2051.103 281 Subtitle F. State and Local Contracts and Fund Management Chapter 2256.