Qualifications for All Public Offices Public Office SoughtU.S. CitizenMinimum Age State Senator Yes 26b State Representative Yes 21b Member, State Board of Education Yes 26b Chief Justice and Justice, Court of Appeals Yes 35b32 more rows
The Texas Constitution is the State constitution of Texas. The current Texas Constitution was adopted in 1876. Texas has had five state constitutions. The current state constitution has 17 articles.
It is a written plan for how the government of the united states. Works it has a nickname theMoreIt is a written plan for how the government of the united states. Works it has a nickname the highest law of the land. Because every other law is supposed to follow the rules found in it.
(a) All counties and cities bordering on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico are hereby authorized upon a vote of the majority of the qualified voters voting thereon at an election called for such purpose to levy and collect such tax for construction of sea walls, breakwaters, or sanitary purposes, as may now or may ...
OFFICERS CONSTITUTING EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. The Executive Department of the State shall consist of a Governor, who shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the State, a Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Comptroller of Public Accounts, Commissioner of the General Land Office, and Attorney General.
The Texas Constitution, Article 7 — not God — makes access to public education for all Texas children, including those with disabilities, a right.
However, there is no mention of public education in the United States Constitution. The District of Columbia Home Rule Act most closely resembles a constitution, but there also is no mention of public education in the act.
Summary of the Texas Constitution Article 1 is the state's bill of rights, which recognizes individual liberties. Article 2 of the Texas Constitution provides for the separation of powers of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the state government.
The Constitution unites the American people and the 50 states. It describes the rights of citizens and establishes a federal government with three branches. As colonies we fought a war for Independence and then worked hard to write our Constitution.
19. DEPRIVATION OF LIFE, LIBERTY, PROPERTY, ETC. BY DUE COURSE OF LAW. No citizen of this State shall be deprived of life, liberty, property, privileges or immunities, or in any manner disfranchised, except by the due course of the law of the land.