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*'''Article IV: Executive Department'''
*'''Article IV: Executive Department'''
**Establishes the offices, qualifications, and duties of the Executive Branch officers: Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, Comptroller of Public Accounts, and the Commissioner of the General Land Office. (The Agriculture Commissioner is a position designated by legislative action.) With the exception of the Secretary of State, all positions are popularly elected every four years (the Secretary of State must be confirmed by the Texas Senate). The Governor and Lieutenant Governor are elected separately. Also determines qualifications for notaries public.
**Establishes the offices, qualifications, and duties of the Executive Branch officers: Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, Comptroller of Public Accounts, and the Commissioner of the General Land Office. (The Agriculture Commissioner is a position designated by legislative action.) With the exception of the Secretary of State, all positions are popularly elected every four years (the Secretary of State must be confirmed by the Texas Senate). The Governor and Lieutenant Governor are elected separately. Also determines qualifications for notaries public.
**Notably, only the Governor can call the Legislature into special session, can do so as often as desired (a tactic which has been used in recent years), and the Legislature can only debate and vote on matters which the Governor includes in the proclamation announcing the call (the Governor can amend the proclamation to add other items).
*'''Article V: Judicial Department'''
*'''Article V: Judicial Department'''
**Establishes the various courts in the state, including the bifurcated final appellate court system of a Court of Criminal Appeals (for criminal cases) and a Supreme Court (for civil cases), and qualifications for judges.
**Establishes the various courts in the state, including the bifurcated final appellate court system of a Court of Criminal Appeals (for criminal cases) and a Supreme Court (for civil cases), and qualifications for judges.