Art 16 - Sec 48

Article 16 - GENERAL PROVISIONS Section 48 - EXISTING LAWS TO CONTINUE IN FORCE All laws and parts of laws now in force in the State of Texas, which are not repugnant to the Constitution of the United States, or to this Constitution, shall continue and remain in force as the laws of this State, until they expire by their own limitation or shall be amended or repealed by the Legislature.