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Texas Constitution art. 8 §17
In force on Nov 19, 2007 · this text took effect (date not stated) · same as today's text
SPECIFICATION OF SUBJECTS NOT LIMITATION OF LEGISLATURE'S POWER OF TAXATION
The specification of the objects and subjects of taxation shall not deprive the Legislature of the power to require other subjects or objects to be taxed in such manner as may be,† consistent with the principles of taxation fixed in this Constitution.
(Feb. 15, 1876.)
† The language of this provision is identical to the language of the official legislative measure that originally proposed the provision. A digital image of the original text of the official enrolled measure can be found here .
History:
Source: the Legislature's file server, seen Feb 17, 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–Sep 2021
Attorney General opinions that cite it
- GA-0626 (Nov 19, 2007): Authority ofa multi-jurisdictional library district to assess and collect ad valorem taxes
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