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Texas Constitution art. 1 §16
In force on Nov 09, 2026 · this text took effect (date not stated) · same as today's text
BILLS OF ATTAINDER; EX POST FACTO OR RETROACTIVE LAWS; IMPAIRING OBLIGATION OF CONTRACTS
No bill of attainder, ex post facto law, retroactive law, or any law impairing the obligation of contracts, shall be made.
(Feb. 15, 1876.)
History:
Source: the Legislature's file server, seen Feb 16, 2022 to Nov 08, 2026.
Every version on file
- Effective date not stated · seen Feb 2022–Nov 2026
- Effective date not stated · seen Jun 2018–Feb 2022
Attorney General opinions that cite it
- KP-0363 (Mar 16, 2021): Whether under the Utilities Code the Public Utility Commission has the legal authority to issue orders affecting pricing for the wholesale electricity market and ancillary services
- KP-0072 (Dec 15, 2015): Whether a school district, municipality, or county may reduce or repeal the local option homestead exemption from the amount that was adopted for the 2014 tax year through the 2019 tax year
- KP-0086 (Nov 12, 2015): The effect of section 113.054 of the Natural Resources Code on a political subdivision's authority to adopt ordinances relating to the liquefied petroleum gas industry
- GA-1034 (Jan 02, 2014): Whether Government Code section 51.608, which requires that court costs imposed on a defendant in a criminal proceeding be the amount required on the date the defendant is convicted, violates federal and state constitutional prohibitions of ex post facto laws
- GA-1054 (Oct 30, 2013): Whether state statutes that prohibit or void certain restrictive covenants affect covenants existing at the time the statutes are enacted
- GA-0833 (Jul 15, 2010): Whether a metropolitan transit authority may, under section 451.616 of the Transportation Code, charge a withdrawn city for special transit services provided to the city's residents with disabilities
- JM-0146: Whether a person arrested prior to January I, 1984, for driving while intoxicated may be granted a deferred judgment after January 1, 1984
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