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Texas Constitution 2000
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Section 1. National and county governments are authorized to retain title to publicly owned rights of way which exist at the time of ratification of this constitution.
Section 2. The national government is authorized to retain title to those lands and buildings constituting the Capitol grounds in Austin, Texas at the time of the ratification of this constitution.
Section 3. County governments are authorized to retain title to the lands and buildings constituting the county courthouse grounds at the time of the ratification of this constitution.
Section 4. Title to other lands and buildings may be held by county governments upon the approval of two-thirds of the voters of that county provided that the total of all such real property does not exceed one-percent of the total land area of the county.
Section 5. A Texas citizen is an individual who voluntarily declares citizenship provided that:
a. the individual was born on the soil of Texas; or
b. at least one of the individual's parents was born on the soil of Texas; or
c. the individual has lived in Texas for not less than six consecutive months.
Section 6. Texas boundaries shall be as herein defined. Begin at the geographic center of the eastmost part of the Sabine River. Follow the geographic center northerly through Sabine Lake and Sabine Pass to 32° Latitude. All islands existing prior to April 8, 1812 are a part of Louisiana. All islands formed after April 8, 1812 on the west side are a part of Texas and on the east side are a part of Louisiana. Continue due north to the Red River. Follow the geographic center of the Red River westerly to the Prairie Dog Town Fork of the Red River. Continue westerly along the Prairie Dog Town Fork to 100° Longitude, proceed due north to 30° 36' Latitude, due west to 2 miles west of 103° Longitude, due south to 32° Latitude, and then due west to the Rio Grande River otherwise known as the Rio Bravo del Norte. Follow the Rio Grande along its deepest channel to the Gulf of Mexico. Follow the Gulf of Mexico easterly to the geographic center of the Sabine River. All islands along the coastline of Texas are a part of Texas..
Section 7. New territory may be annexed to existing Texas boundaries by treaty when approved by three-fourths of all members of the National Assembly.
Section 8. The National Executive Council, with approval of the National Assembly, is authorized to purchase or retain title to real property for use as military installations provided that the total of all such real property does not exceed one-half of one percent of the total land area of Texas.
Section 9. Each officer elected or appointed or any agent of government shall be a Texas citizen, shall hold no citizenship in or allegiance to any other nation, and shall affirm the following oath of office:
"I (full name), being fully aware of the consequences of exceeding the authority of my office and being a Texas citizen holding allegiance to no other nation, do solemnly affirm that I will adhere to the Texas constitution in its entirety, and will perform the functions of the office of (name of office) to the best of my abilities."
Any officer or agent of government who does not sign and file the oath for public record with the county recorder within ten calendar days following the administering of the oath shall be denied the appointment or election.
Section 10. Government shall pay its obligations using alamos, defined as one-quarter ounce of 0.999 pure silver; bluebonnets, defined as one-quarter ounce of 0.999 pure gold; or drafts on accounts containing sufficient amounts of such to cover the total amounts of all outstanding drafts.
Section 11. Words used in this constitution are defined in Webster's New Universal Unabridged Dictionary, based on the Second Edition of The Random House Dictionary of the English Language, the Unabridged Edition, copyright 1993, 1987; copyright 1996 by Random House Value Publishing, Inc.; published 1996 by Barnes & Noble Books, ISBN 0-7607-0288-8.
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