Article 12, Texas Constitution

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Article 12 of the Texas Constitution is labeled Private Corporations. Of its seven sections, five have been repealed.

Section 1

	Text of Section 1: Creation by General Laws No private corporation shall be created except by general laws.

Section 2

	Text of Section 2: General Laws to Be Enacted; Protection of Public and Stockholders General laws shall be enacted providing for the creation of private corporations, and shall therein provide fully for the adequate protection of the public and of the individual stockholders.

Section 3

	Text of Section 3: Repealed Repealed August 5, 1969.

Section 4

	Text of Section 4: Repealed Repealed August 5, 1969.

Section 5

	Text of Section 5: Repealed Repealed August 5, 1969.

Section 6

	Text of Section 6: Repealed Repealed November 2, 1993.

Amendments

• Repealed with the approval of Texas Proposition 7 (1993) on November 2, 1993.

Section 7

	Text of Section 7: Repealed Repealed August 5, 1969.

See also

• State constitution
• Constitutional article
• Constitutional amendment
• Constitutional revision
• Constitutional convention
• Amendments
  • Initiated constitutional amendment
  • Legislatively-referred constitutional amendment
  • Publication requirements for proposed state constitutional amendments
  • Rules about constitutional conventions in state constitutions
  • State constitutional articles governing state legislatures

External links

Suggest a link

• Texas Constitution and Statutes, "Texas Constitution"
• Constitution of the Republic, 1836 from Gammel's Laws of Texas, Vol. I. hosted by the Portal to Texas History.
• Constitution of the State of Texas, 1861 from Gammel's Laws of Texas, Vol. V. hosted by the Portal to Texas History.
• Constitution of the State of Texas, 1866 from Gammel's Laws of Texas, Vol. V. hosted by the Portal to Texas History.
• Texas Constitutions Digitization Project: Electronic texts of the various Texas constitutions, including the original, unamended text of the 1876 constitution
• Texas Legislative Research Library - Constitutional amendments search: A search engine that retrieves summaries of proposed amendments, both adopted and defeated
• Amendments to the Texas Constitution from 1876-present
• Texas State Historical Society, "Constitution of 1876"

Additional reading

• May, Janice C. (1996). The Texas State Constitution: A Reference Guide, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishers
• Braden, George. (1972). Citizens' guide to the Texas Constitution, Austin, Texas: Texas Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations
• Hill, John L., ed. (1976). Constitution of the State of Texas. Austin, Texas: Office of the Attorney General of Texas