Texas § CN.10 - RELEASE FROM PAYMENT OF TAXES RESTRICTED
Full text of Texas The Texas Constitution § CN.10 — RELEASE FROM PAYMENT OF TAXES RESTRICTED, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ CN.10. RELEASE FROM PAYMENT OF TAXES RESTRICTED
RELEASE FROM PAYMENT OF TAXES RESTRICTED. The Legislature shall have no power to release the inhabitants of, or property in, any county, city or town from the payment of taxes levied for State or County purposes, unless in case of great public calamity in any such county, city or town, when such release may be made by a vote of two-thirds of each House of the Legislature. (Feb. 15, 1876.)
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