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§ 16.5 — DISQUALIFICATION FROM OFFICE FOR GIVING OR OFFERING BRIBE.

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Tex. Texas Constitution Code Ann. § 16.5 (2026).

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5.DISQUALIFICATION FROM OFFICE FOR GIVING OR OFFERING BRIBE. Every person shall be disqualified from holding any office of profit, or trust, in this State, who shall have been convicted of having given or offered a bribe to procure his election or appointment. (Feb. 15, 1876.)

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OFFICIAL OATH OF OFFICE.
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DEDUCTIONS FROM SALARY OF PUBLIC OFFICER FOR NEGLECT OF DUTY.
§ 16.11
USURY; RATE OF INTEREST IN ABSENCE OF LEGISLATION.
§ 16.12
INELIGIBILITY OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND OFFICERS OF UNITED STATES OR FOREIGN POWER TO HOLD ANOTHER OFFICE.
§ 16.13
UNOPPOSED CANDIDATE FOR OFFICE.
§ 16.13A
UNOPPOSED CANDIDATE FOR OFFICE OF POLITICAL SUBDIVISION.
§ 16.14
CIVIL OFFICERS; RESIDENCE; LOCATION OF OFFICES.
§ 16.15
SEPARATE AND COMMUNITY PROPERTY OF SPOUSES.
§ 16.16
CORPORATIONS WITH BANKING AND DISCOUNTING PRIVILEGES.
§ 16.17
SERVICE OF PUBLIC OFFICER PENDING QUALIFICATION OF SUCCESSOR.
§ 16.18
(Repealed Nov. 2, 1999.)
§ 16.19
(Repealed Nov. 6, 2001.)
§ 16.2
EXCLUSIONS FROM OFFICE FOR CONVICTION OF HIGH CRIMES.
§ 16.20
REGULATION OF MIXED ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND INTOXICATING LIQUORS; LOCAL OPTION ELECTIONS; WINERIES.
§ 16.21
CONTRACTS FOR PUBLIC PRINTING AND BINDING AND FOR REPAIRS AND FURNISHINGS OF LEGISLATIVE FACILITIES.
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