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Texas Constitution Art. I, § 20

Outlawry or Transportation Out of State for Offense

Bill of Rights

No citizen shall be outlawed. No person shall be transported out of the State for any offense committed within the same. This section does not prohibit an agreement with another state providing for the confinement of inmates of this State in the penal or correctional facilities of that state.

Official text of the Texas Constitution as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

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Legislative history

(Feb. 15, 1876. Amended Nov. 5, 1985.)