Texas Constitution

Article I, § 16 — BILLS OF ATTAINDER; EX POST FACTO OR RETROACTIVE LAWS; IMPAIRING OBLIGATION OF CONTRACTS

Texas Const. art. I, § 16

This text of Texas Const. art. I, § 16 (BILLS OF ATTAINDER; EX POST FACTO OR RETROACTIVE LAWS; IMPAIRING OBLIGATION OF CONTRACTS) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Texas primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

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Tex. Const. art. I, § 16.

Full Text

No bill of attainder, ex post facto law, retroactive law, or any law impairing the obligation of contracts, shall be made.

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History

Feb. 15, 1876.

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