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Texas Constitution art. 3 §35
In force on Jul 09, 2018 · this text took effect (date not stated) · same as today's text
SUBJECTS AND TITLES OF BILLS
(a) No bill, (except general appropriation bills, which may embrace the various subjects and accounts, for and on account of which moneys are appropriated) shall contain more than one subject.
(b) The rules of procedure of each house shall require that the subject of each bill be expressed in its title in a manner that gives the legislature and the public reasonable notice of that subject. The legislature is solely responsible for determining compliance with the rule.
(c) A law, including a law enacted before the effective date of this subsection, may not be held void on the basis of an insufficient title.
(Feb. 15, 1876. Subsec. (a) amended and (b) and (c) added Nov. 4, 1986.)
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-0776 (Nov 06, 2009): Whether the transfer of certain funds and positions from the Texas Department of Transportation to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles in section 17.30(b), article IX of the 20 I 0-20 II General Appropriations Act constitutes an appropriation
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