Texas Constitution Art. I, § 24

Military Subordinate to Civil Authority

Bill of Rights

† The language of this provision is identical to the language of the official legislative measure that originally proposed the provision. A digital image of the original text of the official enrolled measure can be found here.

The military shall at all times be subordinate to the civil authority.

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

Official source

Legislative history

(Feb. 15, 1876.)