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→Structure: add Articles XIV through XVI
*'''Article XIII: Spanish and Mexican Land Titles'''
*'''Article XIII: Spanish and Mexican Land Titles'''
**This entire section, which established certain provisions for Spanish and Mexican land titles to appease the Mexican government, was repealed in its entirety in 1969.
**This entire section, which established certain provisions for Spanish and Mexican land titles to appease the Mexican government, was repealed in its entirety in 1969.
*'''Article XIV: Public Lands and Land Office'''
**Contains a single Section establishing the General Land Office (the Commissioner is discussed under Article IV). The remainder of this Article was repealed in 1969 as part of a major effort to remove obsolete provisions.
*'''Article XV: Impeachment'''
**Contains procedures of impeachment (similar to the United States Congress, the House determines whether to impeach and the Senate decides whether to remove the person from office and a 2/3 vote of the Senate is required). Power is limited to removal, and disqualification, from the office or any other "office of honor, trust or profit" (however, the person is still subject to criminal law).
*'''Article XVI: General Provisions'''
**Contains general miscellaneous provisions. Notable ones are:
***Section 1 which contains the Oath of Office
***Section 28 which prohibits garnishment of wages at the state level except for child support and alimony. (This does not prohibit Federal wage garnishment for unpaid student loans or income taxes.)
***Section 37 provides for protection of the [[mechanic's lien]].
***Section 50 provides for protection of the homestead (generally, one's personal residence) from forced sale except for debts related to it (such as mortgages, mechanic's liens, and home equity loans and lines of credit). It includes extremely detailed and specific restrictions on home equity loans and lines of credit (HELOC's), as Texas was the last state to allow after much public pressure).
***Notably, although Texas is a right-to-work state, the guarantee is only by law, not in the Constitution.
[[Category:State Constitutions]]
[[Category:State Constitutions]]