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Texas Constitution art. 3 §19

In force on Aug 26, 2008 · this text took effect (date not stated) · same as today's text

INELIGIBILITY OF PERSONS HOLDING OTHER OFFICES

No judge of any Court, Secretary of State, Attorney General, Clerk of any Court of Record, or any person holding a lucrative office under the United States, or this State, or any foreign government shall during the term for which he is elected or appointed, be eligible to the Legislature. (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 Jul 2018–Dec 2019

Attorney General opinions that cite it

GA-0698 (Aug 26, 2008): Consequences attending a legislator's announcement of his candidacy for Governor during the first year of a two-year term

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