THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION

ARTICLE 15. IMPEACHMENT

Sec. 3.  IMPARTIAL TRIAL BY SENATE; CONCURRENCE OF TWO-THIRDS REQUIRED.  When the Senate is sitting as a Court of Impeachment, the Senators shall be on oath, or affirmation impartially to try the party impeached, and no person shall be convicted without the concurrence of two-thirds of the Senators present.
(Feb. 15, 1876.)