Texas Constitution

Article III, § 40 — SPECIAL SESSIONS; SUBJECTS OF LEGISLATION; DURATION

Texas Const. art. III, § 40

This text of Texas Const. art. III, § 40 (SPECIAL SESSIONS; SUBJECTS OF LEGISLATION; DURATION) 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. III, § 40.

Full Text

When the Legislature shall be convened in special session, there shall be no legislation upon subjects other than those designated in the proclamation of the Governor calling such session, or presented to them by the Governor; and no such session shall be of longer duration than thirty days.

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History

Feb. 15, 1876.

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