Art 2 - Sec 1
Article 2 - THE POWERS OF GOVERNMENT
Section 1 - DIVISION OF POWERS; THREE SEPARATE DEPARTMENTS; EXERCISE OF POWER PROPERLY ATTACHED TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS
The powers of the Government of the State of Texas shall be divided into three distinct departments, each of which shall be confided
to a separate body of magistracy, to wit: Those which are Legislative to one; those which are
Executive to another, and those which are Judicial to another; and no person, or collection of
persons, being of one of these departments, shall exercise any power properly attached to either of
the others, except in the instances herein expressly permitted.