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Texas Constitution art. 3 §44

In force on May 28, 2009 · this text took effect (date not stated) · same as today's text

COMPENSATION OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND CONTRACTORS; EXTRA COMPENSATION; UNAUTHORIZED CLAIMS; UNAUTHORIZED EMPLOYMENT

The Legislature shall provide by law for the compensation of all officers, servants, agents and public contractors, not provided for in this Constitution, but shall not grant extra compensation to any officer, agent, servant, or public contractors, after such public service shall have been performed or contract entered into, for the performance of the same; nor grant, by appropriation or otherwise, any amount of money out of the Treasury of the State, to any individual, on a claim, real or pretended, when the same shall not have been provided for by pre-existing law; nor employ any one in the name of the State, unless authorized by pre-existing law. (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-0746 (May 28, 2009): Validity of appropriation of a one-time payment to annuitants of the Teacher Retirement System and the Employees Retirement System
JM-1092 (Sep 01, 1989): Liability of members of the board of directors of the Texas Agricultural Finance Authority C-0499 ( 1965 ) Overruled in part by JM-784 (1987)
JM-0987 (Nov 30, 1988): Applicability of the limited sales and use tax to public entities

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