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Tex. Const. art. III, § 15

DISRESPECTFUL OR DISORDERLY CONDUCT; OBSTRUCTION OF PROCEEDINGS

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Each House may punish, by imprisonment, during its sessions, any person not a member, for disrespectful or disorderly conduct in its presence, or for obstructing any of its proceedings; provided, such imprisonment shall not, at any one time, exceed forty-eight hours.

History

(Feb. 15, 1876.)

Provenance

Source: tcss.legis.texas.gov
Retrieved: 2026-09-24
Edition: 2026-09-24
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