THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION

ARTICLE 4. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT

Sec. 7.  GOVERNOR AS COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF MILITARY FORCES.  He shall be Commander-in-Chief of the military forces of the State, except when they are called into actual service of the United States.  He shall have power to call forth the militia to execute the laws of the State, to suppress insurrections, and to repel invasions.  
(Feb. 15, 1876.  Amended Nov. 2, 1999.)  (TEMPORARY TRANSITION PROVISIONS for Sec. 7: See Appendix, Note 1.)