Costituzione del Texas
La Costituzione del Texas (in inglese Constitution of the State of Texas) è un documento costituzionale che descrive la struttura e le funzioni del governo del Texas. L'attuale costituzione è in vigore dal 15 febbraio 1876. Il Texas ha avuto altre cinque costituzioni in precedenza, rispettivamente negli anni 1836, 1845, 1861, 1866 e 1869.
Articoli modifica
L'attuale costituzione comprende 17 articoli, ognuno dei quali è diviso in alcune sezioni:
- Articolo 1: Bill of Rights
- Articolo 2: The Powers of Government
- Articolo 3: Legislative Department
- Articolo 4: Executive Department
- Articolo 5: Judicial Department
- Articolo 6: Suffrage
- Articolo 7: Education
- Articolo 8: Taxation and Revenue
- Articolo 9: Counties
- Articolo 10: Railroads
- Articolo 11: Municipal Corporations
- Articolo 12: Private Corporations
- Articolo 13: Spanish and Mexican Land Titles
- Articolo 14: Public Lands and Land Office
- Articolo 15: Impeachment
- Articolo 16: General Provisions
- Articolo 17: Mode of amending the Constitution of this State
Collegamenti esterni modifica
- The Texas Constitution (PDF), su tlc.state.tx.us, Texas Legislative Council, aprile 2008. URL consultato il 26 ottobre 2008.
- Texas Politics: Texas government resource provided by the University of Texas at Austin
- Texas Treasures - Texas Constitution: Images of the original 1876 Constitution, provided by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission
- Gammel's Laws of Texas, Vol. I. from hosted by the Portal to Texas History.
- Constitution of the State of Texas, 1861 from Gammel's Laws of Texas, Vol. V. hosted by the Portal to Texas History.
- Constitution of the State of Texas, 1866 from Gammel's Laws of Texas, Vol. V. hosted by the Portal to Texas History.
- Texas Constitutions Digitization Project: Electronic texts of the various Texas constitutions, including the original, unamended text of the 1876 constitution
- Texas Legislative Research Library - Constitutional amendments search: A search engine that retrieves summaries of proposed amendments, both adopted and defeated
