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THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION · ARTICLE 1. BILL OF RIGHTS
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Sec. 1. FREEDOM AND SOVEREIGNTY OF STATE.
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Sec. 2. INHERENT POLITICAL POWER; REPUBLICAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT.
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Sec. 3. EQUAL RIGHTS.
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Sec. 3a. EQUALITY UNDER THE LAW.
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Sec. 4. RELIGIOUS TESTS.
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Sec. 5. WITNESSES NOT DISQUALIFIED BY RELIGIOUS BELIEFS; OATHS AND AFFIRMATIONS.
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Sec. 6. FREEDOM OF WORSHIP.
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Sec. 7. APPROPRIATIONS FOR SECTARIAN PURPOSES.
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Sec. 8. FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND PRESS; LIBEL.
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Sec. 9. SEARCHES AND SEIZURES.
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Sec. 10. RIGHTS OF ACCUSED IN CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS.
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Sec. 11. BAIL.
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Sec. 11a. DENIAL OF BAIL AFTER MULTIPLE FELONIES.
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Sec. 11b. DENIAL OF BAIL FOR VIOLATION OF CONDITION OF RELEASE.
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Sec. 11c. DENIAL OF BAIL FOR VIOLATION OF PROTECTIVE ORDER INVOLVING FAMILY VIOLENCE.
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Sec. 11d. DENIAL OF BAIL TO PREVENT DEFENDANT’S NONAPPEARANCE AND ENSURE PUBLIC SAFETY.
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Sec. 12. HABEAS CORPUS.
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Sec. 13. EXCESSIVE BAIL OR FINES; CRUEL OR UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT; OPEN COURTS; REMEDY BY DUE COURSE OF LAW.
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Sec. 14. DOUBLE JEOPARDY.
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Sec. 15. RIGHT OF TRIAL BY JURY.
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Sec. 16. BILLS OF ATTAINDER; EX POST FACTO OR RETROACTIVE LAWS; IMPAIRING OBLIGATION OF CONTRACTS.
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Sec. 17. TAKING PROPERTY FOR PUBLIC USE; SPECIAL PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES; CONTROL OF PRIVILEGES AND FRANCHISES.
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Sec. 18. IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT.
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Sec. 19. DEPRIVATION OF LIFE, LIBERTY, PROPERTY, ETC.
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Sec. 20. OUTLAWRY OR TRANSPORTATION OUT OF STATE FOR OFFENSE.
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Sec. 21. CORRUPTION OF BLOOD; FORFEITURE OF ESTATE; SUICIDES.
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Sec. 22. TREASON AGAINST STATE.
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Sec. 23. RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS.
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Sec. 24. MILITARY SUBORDINATE TO CIVIL AUTHORITY.
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Sec. 25. QUARTERING SOLDIERS IN HOUSES.
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Sec. 26. PERPETUITIES AND MONOPOLIES; PRIMOGENITURE OR ENTAILMENTS.
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Sec. 27. RIGHT OF ASSEMBLY; PETITION FOR REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES.
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Sec. 28. SUSPENSION OF LAWS.
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Sec. 29. BILL OF RIGHTS EXCEPTED FROM POWERS OF GOVERNMENT AND INVIOLATE.
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Sec. 30. RIGHTS OF CRIME VICTIMS.
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Sec. 31. FUNDS FOR COMPENSATION TO VICTIMS OF CRIME.
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Sec. 32. MARRIAGE.
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Sec. 33. PUBLIC ACCESS TO AND USE OF PUBLIC BEACHES.
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Sec. 34. RIGHT TO HUNT, FISH, AND HARVEST WILDLIFE.
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Sec. 35. RIGHT OF CERTAIN FACILITY RESIDENTS TO DESIGNATE ESSENTIAL CAREGIVER.
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Sec. 36. RIGHT TO ENGAGE IN CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES.
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Sec. 37. PARENTAL RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
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