HOSPITAL DISTRICTS: REGULATION OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES. Sec. (5) during the time required by Subdivision (4) of this subsection has not had the person's license to practice law revoked, suspended, or subject to a probated suspension. (5)-(9) and (11)-(13) amended Nov. 3, 1970; Subsecs. (Feb. 15, 1876. Article IV Section 1, creates several offices in the officers of the Executive Department (except Secretary of State) (c) The Legislature shall provide for the holding of an election in each county proposing the creation of an Authority to be called by the Commissioners Court or Commissioners Courts, as the case may be, upon petition of five per cent (5%) of the qualified voters within the county or counties. 3-b. (a) The Legislature may by law authorize the creation of two hospital districts, one to be coextensive with and have the same boundaries as the incorporated City of Amarillo, as such boundaries now exist or as they may hereafter be lawfully extended, and the other to be coextensive with Wichita County. (a) Each county in the State with a population of 50,000 or more, according to the most recent federal census, from time to time, for the convenience of the people, shall be divided into not less than four and not more than eight precincts. The citizens of each state shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of citizens in the several states. 8: See Appendix, Note 1.). Revision and Adaptation. (f) In addition to the statewide reapportionment, the board may reapportion the judicial districts of the state as the necessity for reapportionment appears by redesignating, in one or more reapportionment orders, the county or counties that comprise the specific judicial districts affected by those reapportionment orders. COUNTY COURT: TERMS, PROSECUTIONS, AND JURIES. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT Sec. 6 Article 8 of the Texas Constitution deals with taxation and revenue. Said Court of Appeals shall have appellate jurisdiction co-extensive with the limits of their respective districts, which shall extend to all cases of which the District Courts or County Courts have original or appellate jurisdiction, under such restrictions and regulations as may be prescribed by law. Nothing in this amendment shall increase the rights of any riparian or littoral landowner with regard to beaches available to the public by virtue of public right or submerged lands. (a) amended Nov. 2, 1999; Subsec. [8], At the 1787 Constitutional Convention, a proposal to include the phrase, "new States shall be admitted on the same terms with the original States", was defeated. The first three articles establish the three branches of government and their powers: Legislative (Congress), Executive (office of the President,) and Judicial (Federal court system). A quorum shall consist of seven (7) members. 14: see Appendix, Note 3.). (d) The Legislature shall provide for the appointment by the Board of Directors of an Assessor and Collector of Taxes in the Authority, whether constituted of one or more counties, whose duty it shall be to assess all taxable property, both real and personal, and collect the taxes thereon, based upon the tax rolls approved by the Board of Directors, the tax to be levied not to exceed Seventy-Five Cents (75) per One Hundred Dollars ($100) assessed valuation of the property. In the trial of all causes in the district courts, the plaintiff or defendant shall, upon application made in open court, have the right of trial by jury; but no jury shall be empaneled in any civil case unless demanded by a party to the case, and a jury fee be paid by the party demanding a jury, for such sum, and with such exceptions as may be prescribed by the Legislature. The Constitution does not explain what exactly constitutes a republican form of government. Amended Nov. 2, 1999.) The Radical Republican majority used this clause as the basis for taking control of the ex-Confederate states and for promoting civil rights for freedmen, plus the limiting of political and voting rights for ex-Confederates, abolishing the ex-Confederate state governments, setting guidelines for the readmission of the rebellious states into the Union. Prosecutions may be commenced in said court by information filed by the county attorney, or by affidavit, as may be provided by law. The State is entitled to appeal in criminal cases, as authorized by general law. This article makes a personal income tax unlikely in Texas because: registered voters in the state must approve a personal income tax. This power became an important part of Reconstruction after the American Civil War. PARTICIPATION OF MUNICIPALITIES AND OTHER POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS IN ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF MENTAL HEALTH, MENTAL RETARDATION, OR PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES. 13. (Feb. 15, 1876. (a) The State shall be divided into judicial districts, with each district having one or more Judges as may be provided by law or by this Constitution. Any person holding such office may be disciplined or censured, in lieu of removal from office, as provided by this section. An attempt to hold a popular convention to write a new constitution was declared insurrection by the charter government, and the convention leaders were arrested. (a) The Judicial Districts Board is created to reapportion the judicial districts authorized by Article V, Section 7, of this constitution. Notwithstanding the population requirements of this subsection, Chambers County and Randall County, from time to time, for the convenience of the people, shall be divided into not less than two and not more than six precincts. If the tax is authorized by the legislature and approved by the voters of the area to be taxed, the Amarillo Hospital District shall, by resolution, assume the responsibilities, obligations, and liabilities of Randall County in accordance with Subsection (a) of this section and, except as provided by this subsection, Randall County may not levy taxes or issue bonds for hospital purposes or for providing hospital care for needy inhabitants of the county. Article 4 of the Texas Constitution describes the executive department (branch) of Texas. gov.texas.gov. At the time, the Rhode Island constitution was the old royal charter established in the 17th century. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. [3] There is no constitutional requirement that extradited fugitives be tried only for the crimes named in the extradition proceedings. The District Court shall have appellate jurisdiction and general supervisory control over the County Commissioners Court, with such exceptions and under such regulations as may be prescribed by law. (b) If any such district is created, it may be authorized to levy a tax not to exceed Seventy-five Cents (75) on the One Hundred Dollar ($100) valuation of taxable property within the district; provided, however, no tax may be levied until approved by a majority vote of the participating resident qualified voters. The state legislature can propose amendments to the constitution. The adoption of a reapportionment order requires a majority vote of the total membership of the board. Sec. The court upheld Georgia's refusal to enforce the South Carolina judgment. A Justice, Judge, Master, or Magistrate may appeal a decision of the review tribunal to the Supreme Court under the substantial evidence rule. The Privileges and Immunities Clause requires interstate protection of "privileges and immunities," preventing each state from treating citizens of other states in a discriminatory manner. This clause was added to the clause that provided extradition for fugitives from justice.[4]. The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to prejudice any claims of the United States, or of any particular state. 2: See Appendix, Note 1.). (i) The legislature, the Judicial Districts Board, or the Legislative Redistricting Board may not redistrict the judicial districts to provide for any judicial district smaller in size than an entire county except as provided by this section. County Courts in existence on the effective date of this amendment are continued unless otherwise provided by law. (TEMPORARY TRANSITION PROVISION for Sec. This clause, sometimes referred to as the Guarantee Clause, has long been at the forefront of the debate about the rights of citizens vis--vis the government. Hi, it looks like JavaScript has been disabled in your browser. The Supreme Court and the Court of Criminal Appeals may sit at any time during the year at the seat of government or, at the court's discretion, at any other location in this state for the transaction of business, and each term of either court shall begin and end with each calendar year. (c) If such tax is authorized, no political subdivision or municipality within or having the same boundaries as the district may levy a tax for medical or hospital care for needy individuals, nor shall they maintain or erect hospital facilities, but the district shall by resolution assume all such responsibilities and shall assume all of the liabilities and obligations (including bonds and warrants) of such subdivisions or municipalities or both. How are we doing? (a) amended Nov. 2, 1999.) ARTICLE 4. By 1875, Reconstruction was winding to a halt, and Democrats had regained power in Texas. (2), (5)-(10), and (12) amended Nov. 8, 1977; Subsecs. (7) The Commission shall keep itself informed as fully as may be of circumstances relating to the misconduct or disability of particular persons holding an office named in Paragraph A of Subsection (6) of this Section, receive complaints or reports, formal or informal, from any source in this behalf and make such preliminary investigations as it may determine. 1-a: See Appendix, Note 3.). Texas voters later decide whether to adopt the proposed amendments. There shall be a Clerk for the District Court of each county, who shall be elected by the qualified voters and who shall hold his office for four years, subject to removal by information, or by indictment of a grand jury, and conviction of a petit jury. The court shall have the power upon affidavit or otherwise to ascertain such matters of fact as may be necessary to the exercise of its jurisdiction. While the Supreme Court's holding in Luther v. Borden still holds today, the Court, by looking to the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment (adopted 19 years after Luther v. Borden was decided), has developed new criteria for determining which questions are political in nature and which are justiciable. (e) Unless the legislature enacts a statewide reapportionment of the judicial districts following each federal decennial census, the board shall convene not later than the first Monday of June of the third year following the year in which the federal decennial census is taken to make a statewide reapportionment of the districts. (Feb. 15, 1876. COURTS OF APPEALS; JUSTICES; JURISDICTION. No more than one (1) such election may be called in a county until after the expiration of one (1) year in the event such an election has failed, and thereafter only upon a petition of ten per cent (10%) of the qualified voters being presented to the Commissioners Court or Commissioners Courts of the county or counties in which such an election has failed. the number of securities in the portfolio? The motives of the governor demanding the extradition may not be questioned. ___ that was previously declared dormant." When first adopted, this clause applied to fugitive slaves and required that they be extradited upon the claims of their masters, but it provided no means for doing so. 546 (C.C.E.D. Each Court of Appeals shall designate one of its members for inclusion in the list from which the selection is made. (e) and (f) added Nov. 3, 1987; Subsecs. Butler withdrew the clause. And it was final. The Court of Appeals may sit in sections as authorized by law. (10) All papers filed with and proceedings before the Commission or a Master shall be confidential, unless otherwise provided by law, and the filing of papers with, and the giving of testimony before the Commission or a Master shall be privileged, unless otherwise provided by law. In a series of opinions by the Supreme Court of the United States, referred to as the Insular Cases, the Court ruled that the territories belonged to, but were not part of the United States. 12: See Appendix, Note 1.). (b) The legislature shall enact laws to exclude from serving on juries persons who have been convicted of bribery, perjury, forgery, or other high crimes. It also empowers Congress to admit new states and administer the territories and other federal lands. 14. (5) The Commission may hold its meetings, hearings and other proceedings at such times and places as it shall determine but shall meet at Austin at least once each year. State of Texas | Statewide Search | Report Fraud in Texas | Texas Statutes, Site Map | Library Policies | Accessibility | Employment Opportunities, 205 West 14th Street, Austin, Texas 78701-1614. CLERKS OF APPELLATE COURTS. The review tribunal shall review the record of the proceedings on the law and facts and in its discretion may, for good cause shown, permit the introduction of additional evidence. Sec. Said courts shall have such other jurisdiction, original and appellate, as may be prescribed by law. (c) A district judge shall hold the office for the term of four years and shall receive for the judge's services an annual salary to be fixed by the Legislature. (f) Any city which owns airport facilities not serving certificated airlines which are not purchased or acquired or taken over as herein provided by such Authority shall have the power to operate the same under the existing laws or as the same may hereafter be amended. 29. c. Why is some risk diversifiable? And the Congress may by general laws prescribe the manner in which such acts, records, and proceedings shall be proved, and the effect thereof. [] and [the United States] shall protect each of them [the States] against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence. The maximum tax rate submitted shall be sufficient to discharge such obligations, liabilities, and responsibilities, and to maintain and operate the hospital system, and the Legislature may authorize the District to issue tax bonds for the purpose of the purchase, construction, acquisition, repair or renovation of improvements and initially equipping the same, and such bonds shall be payable from said seventy-five cent (75) tax. Portion of the US Constitution regarding states, Article Four of the United States Constitution, Smith, Thomas A. The Legislature shall have power by General or Special Laws to make such provisions concerning the terms or sessions of each District Court as it may deem necessary. When the Supreme Court, the Court of Criminal Appeals, the Court of Appeals, or any member of any of those courts shall be thus disqualified to hear and determine any case or cases in said court, the same shall be certified to the Governor of the State, who shall immediately commission the requisite number of persons learned in the law for the trial and determination of such cause or causes. The Legislature may enact any laws not inconsistent with this Section which it may deem necessary to permit said counties to implement, enforce and administer the provisions contained herein. If, after formal hearing, or after considering the record and report of a Master, the Commission finds good cause therefor, it shall issue an order of public admonition, warning, reprimand, censure, or requirement that the person holding an office or position specified in Subsection (6) of this Section obtain additional training or education, or it shall recommend to a review tribunal the removal or retirement, as the case may be, of the person and shall thereupon file with the tribunal the entire record before the Commission. Sec. Article 4 of the Texas constitution creates a plural executive, specifying_______distinct offices in the executive branch. REMOVAL OF COUNTY SEATS. (TEMPORARY TRANSITION PROVISIONS for Sec. APPEAL BY STATE IN CRIMINAL CASES. District Court jurisdiction consists of exclusive, appellate, and original jurisdiction of all actions, proceedings, and remedies, except in cases where exclusive, appellate, or original jurisdiction may be conferred by this Constitution or other law on some other court, tribunal, or administrative body. SUPREME COURT AND COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS: LOCATION AND TERM. (b) The Supreme Court shall also have power, upon affidavit or otherwise as by the court may be determined, to ascertain such matters of fact as may be necessary to the proper exercise of its jurisdiction. (13-a) added Nov. 2, 2021.) By the end of this section, you will be able to: This section discussesthe Constitution of 1876s role in Texas. The act which consummated her admission into the Union was something more than a compact; it was the incorporation of a new member into the political body. JUDICIAL DISTRICTS BOARD; REAPPORTIONMENT OF JUDICIAL DISTRICTS. (TEMPORARY TRANSITION PROVISION for Sec. In another case, Kleppe v. New Mexico, the Court ruled that the federal Wild Horse and Burro Act was a constitutional exercise of congressional power under the Property Clause at least insofar as it was applied to a finding of trespass. 12. COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS; JUDGES. RETIREMENT, COMPENSATION, DISCIPLINE, AND REMOVAL OF JUSTICES AND JUDGES; STATE COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL CONDUCT. SUPREME COURT; JUSTICES. (TEMPORARY PROVISION for Sec. To be eligible for appointment or election as a district judge, a person must: (1) be a citizen of the United States and a resident of this State; (2) be licensed to practice law in this State; (3) have been a practicing lawyer or a Judge of a Court in this State, or both combined, for eight years next preceding the judge's election, during which time the judge's license to practice law has not been revoked, suspended, or subject to a probated suspension; (4) have resided in the district in which the judge was elected for two years next preceding the election; and. Except as provided by this section, in each such precinct there shall be elected one Justice of the Peace and one Constable, each of whom shall hold his office for four years and until his successor shall be elected and qualified; provided that in a county with a population of less than 150,000, according to the most recent federal census, in any precinct in which there may be a city of 18,000 or more inhabitants, there shall be elected two Justices of the Peace, and in a county with a population of 150,000 or more, according to the most recent federal census, each precinct may contain more than one Justice of the Peace Court. The board shall complete its work on the reapportionment and file its order with the secretary of state not later than August 31 of the same year. Fugitives brought to states by means other than extradition may be tried, even though the means of the conveyance was unlawful; the Supreme Court so ruled in Mahon v. Justice, 127 U.S. 700 (1888). COUNTY FACILITIES FOR INDIGENT INHABITANTS. JURISDICTION OF SUPREME COURT. 3: See Appendix, Note 3. -any person deemed mentally incompetent by the courts. Sec. Amended Aug. 11, 1891, Nov. 8, 1977, and Nov. 4, 1980.). Amended Aug. 11, 1891, Nov. 8, 1966, Nov. 8, 1977, and Nov. 6, 2001.) (TEMPORARY TRANSITION PROVISION for Sec. As free states sought to undermine the federal law, the even more severe Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was enacted. (Feb. 15, 1876. (TEMPORARY TRANSITION PROVISIONS for Sec. Registered voters vote on approval. ), (TEMPORARY TRANSITION PROVISION for Sec. 9. 31. (b) For the purpose of hearing cases, the Court of Criminal Appeals may sit in panels of three Judges, the designation thereof to be under rules established by the court. (1) and (2) amended Nov. 6, 2001; Subsecs. (TEMPORARY TRANSITION PROVISION for Sec. (Added Nov. 4, 1958; Subsecs. The County Judge is the presiding officer of the County Court and has judicial functions as provided by law. (TEMPORARY TRANSITION PROVISION for Sec. A district may not be created or a tax levied unless the creation and tax are approved by a majority of the registered voters who reside in the district. Congress may regulate the manner in which proof of such acts, records or proceedings may be admitted. Digital images of these are available through Texas Constitutions 1824-1876, a project of the Tarlton Law Library and the University of Texas at Austin's School of Law. (h) The commissioners court of a county may declare the office of constable in a precinct dormant if at least seven consecutive years have passed since the end of the term of the person who was last elected or appointed to the office and during that period of time no person was elected to fill that office, or during that period a person was elected to that office, but the person failed to meet the qualifications of that office or failed to assume the duties of that office. The seeming ambiguity of the clause has given rise to a number of different interpretations. (f) deleted, and Subsec. The Constitution of 1836 adapted provisions from Spanish-Mexican law, including: community property, homestead exemptions and protections, and debtor relief. The Constitution of the United States contains a preamble and seven articles that describe the way the government is structured and how it operates. QUESTIONS OF STATE LAW CERTIFIED FROM FEDERAL APPELLATE COURT. 3-c. Lieutenant Governor of Texas. It also forbids the creation of new states from parts of existing states without the consent of the affected states and Congress. The Supreme Court and the Justices thereof shall have power to issue writs of habeas corpus, as may be prescribed by law, and under such regulations as may be prescribed by law, the said courts and the Justices thereof may issue the writs of mandamus, procedendo, certiorari and such other writs, as may be necessary to enforce its jurisdiction. JUDICIAL DISTRICTS; DISTRICT JUDGES; TERMS OR SESSIONS; ABSENCE, DISABILITY, OR DISQUALIFICATION OF DISTRICT JUDGE. Sec. The County Attorneys shall represent the State in all cases in the District and inferior courts in their respective counties; but if any county shall be included in a district in which there shall be a District Attorney, the respective duties of District Attorneys and County Attorneys shall in such counties be regulated by the Legislature. (b) The membership of the board consists of the Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court who serves as chairman, the presiding judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, the presiding judge of each of the administrative judicial districts of the state, the president of the Texas Judicial Council, and one person who is licensed to practice law in this state appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate for a term of four years. "The Rule of Law and the States: A New Interpretation of the Guarantee Clause. Sec. Texas State Library and Archives Commission.The 1870s: The Constitutional Convention of 1875, Revision and Adaptation. [7] It would later be applied with regard to the formation of Maine (from Massachusetts) and West Virginia (from Virginia). Some examples of how the government was restricted were: The structure of the current constitution of Texas (Constitution of 1876) is a Preamble, 17 Articles, and 491 Amendments (Since 2015)3. To put restrictions on the power of government in the body of the document, making it difficult to change over time. A system of checks and balances prevents any one of these . Since the 1987 case of Puerto Rico v. Branstad, federal courts may also use the Extradition Clause to require the extradition of fugitives. If such tax is authorized, no political subdivision or municipality within or having the same boundaries as the district may levy a tax for medical or hospital care for needy individuals, nor shall they maintain or erect hospital facilities, but the district shall by resolution assume all such responsibilities and shall assume all of the liabilities and obligations (including bonds and warrants) of such subdivisions or municipalities or both. This disqualification of judges of inferior tribunals shall be remedied and vacancies in their offices filled as may be prescribed by law. (a) The Supreme Court shall exercise the judicial power of the state except as otherwise provided in this Constitution. Any person holding an office named in Paragraph A of this subsection who is eligible for retirement benefits under the laws of this state providing for judicial retirement may be involuntarily retired, and any person holding an office named in that paragraph who is not eligible for retirement benefits under such laws may be removed from office, for disability seriously interfering with the performance of his duties, which is, or is likely to become, permanent in nature. A political crisis in 1840s Rhode Island, the Dorr Rebellion, forced the Supreme Court to rule on the meaning of this clause. Sec. The office of every such Justice and Judge shall become vacant on the expiration of the term during which the incumbent reaches the age of seventy-five (75) years or such earlier age, not less than seventy (70) years, as the Legislature may prescribe, except that if a Justice or Judge elected to serve or fill the remainder of a six-year term reaches the age of seventy-five (75) years during the first four years of the term, the office of that Justice or Judge shall become vacant on December 31 of the fourth year of the term to which the Justice or Judge was elected. (Former Sec. (Added Nov. 6, 1962; amended Nov. 2, 1999.) Its orders for the attendance or testimony of witnesses or for the production of documents at any hearing or investigation shall be enforceable by contempt proceedings in the District Court or by a Master. [14] These holdings include national parks, national forests, recreation areas, wildlife refuges, vast tracts of range and public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management, reservations held in trust for Native American tribes, military bases, and ordinary federal buildings and installations. (Feb. 15, 1876. (Feb. 15, 1876. There was no place for reconsideration, or revocation, except through revolution, or through consent of the States. The Supreme Court has held that it is not compulsory for the fugitive to have fled after an indictment was issued, but only that the fugitive fled after having committed the crime. B. The maximum rate of tax may be changed at subsequent elections so long as obligations are not impaired, and not to exceed the maximum limit of seventy-five cents (75) per One Hundred Dollar ($100) valuation, and no election shall be required by subsequent changes in the boundaries of the Commissioners Precinct No. [17] By ensuring that all states must have the same basic republican philosophy, the Guarantee Clause is one of several portions of the Constitution which mandates symmetric federalism between the states. (c) All constitutional and statutory references to the Courts of Civil Appeals shall be construed to mean the Courts of Appeals. Sec. Since 1876, the legislature has proposed hundreds of amendments, the majority of which have been adopted by voters. 16. With a majority vote, the amendment is ratified. IX, Nov. 6, 2001.) During the constitutional convention held November 1865. fundamental freedoms and rights were granted to newly free former slaves. What is the principle of diversification? The doctrine, however, can also be applied to the detriment of states, as occurred with Texas. On the filing of a sworn complaint charging a person holding such office with willful or persistent violation of rules promulgated by the Supreme Court of Texas, incompetence in performing the duties of the office, willful violation of the Code of Judicial Conduct, or willful and persistent conduct that is clearly inconsistent with the proper performance of his duties or casts public discredit on the judiciary or on the administration of justice, the Commission, after giving the person notice and an opportunity to appear and be heard before the Commission, may recommend to the Supreme Court the suspension of such person from office. The Supreme Court has held that the Constitution requires all states to be admitted on an equal footing, though the Admissions Clause does not expressly include this requirement. 11. In Corfield v. Coryell, 6 F. Cas. 9. In Luther v. Borden,[19] the Court held that the determination of whether a state government is a legitimate republican form as guaranteed by the Constitution is a political question to be resolved by the Congress. CREATION, OPERATION, AND DISSOLUTION OF HOSPITAL DISTRICTS. Sec. Sec. (Feb. 15, 1876. The Legislature shall provide for transfer of title to properties to the district. VACANCY IN JUDICIAL OFFICE. Clause Two requires that fugitives from justice may be extradited on the demand of executive authority of the state from which they fled. Interim vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as vacancies due to expiration of a full term, but only for the unexpired portion of the term in question. Kilman, Johnny and George Costello (Eds). 3. Sec. (TEMPORARY TRANSITION PROVISION for Sec. Authored by: Kris S. Seago. The change must be approved by a majority of the qualified voters of the district voting at an election called and held for that purpose. 1. 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