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§ 3. Election and term of office of Senators
TX CONST Art. 3, § 3Vernon's Texas Statutes and Codes AnnotatedConstitution of the State of Texas 1876 (Approx. 2 pages)
§ 3. Election and term of office of Senators
TX CONST Art. 3, § 3Vernon's Texas Statutes and Codes AnnotatedConstitution of the State of Texas 1876 (Approx. 2 pages)
Vernon's Texas Statutes and Codes Annotated
Constitution of the State of Texas 1876 (Refs & Annos)
Article III. Legislative Department
Vernon's Ann.Texas Const. Art. 3, § 3
§ 3. Election and term of office of Senators
The Senators shall be chosen by the qualified voters for the term of four years; but a new Senate shall be chosen after every apportionment, and the Senators elected after each apportionment shall be divided by lot into two classes. The seats of the Senators of the first class shall be vacated at the expiration of the first two years, and those of the second class at the expiration of four years, so that one half of the Senators shall be chosen biennially thereafter. Senators shall take office following their election, on the day set by law for the convening of the Regular Session of the Legislature, and shall serve thereafter for the full term of years to which elected.
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Adopted Feb. 15, 1876. Amended Nov. 8, 1966; Nov. 2, 1999.
Vernon's Ann. Texas Const. Art. 3, § 3, TX CONST Art. 3, § 3
Current through the end of the 2023 Regular, Second, Third and Fourth Called Sessions of the 88th Legislature, and the Nov. 7, 2023 general election.
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