Texas Const. art. I, § 20

Texas Constitution

Article I, § 20 — OUTLAWRY OR TRANSPORTATION OUT OF STATE FOR OFFENSE

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Tex. Const. art. I, § 20.

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No citizen shall be outlawed. No person shall be transported out of the State for any offense committed within the same. This section does not prohibit an agreement with another state providing for the confinement of inmates of this State in the penal or correctional facilities of that state.

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History

Feb. 15, 1876. Amended Nov. 5, 1985.

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