Texas Constitutional Convention Updates

Article x. The Law (a/o 10 October 1997)

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This article has not yet been numbered but will probably end up as Article 3.

Section 1- A crime is any action taken by an individual wherein the individual intentionally initiates physical force, fraud, or theft which results in damage to another individual or damage or loss of another individual's property without the consent of that individual or an action taken by a government official in violation of this constitution.

Section 2 - Tort is any unintentional action that results in damage to another individual or damage or loss of another individual's property.

Section 3 - Other than the law defined in this constitution, no other body of law has any force or effect on anyone on or under the soil of Texas, on or in the waters of Texas, or in the airspace of Texas unless all parties to an action have previously knowingly, voluntarily, and intentionally agreed to that body of law by contract.

Section 4 - The obligations of contracts shall not be impaired.

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