Texas Landowners Council
Texas Landowners Council was formed in 1990 by a group of landowners who recognize the need for an organization that protects property rights according to the U.S. and Texas Constitutions and is committed to securing the right to own land. Texas Landowners Council is a private, nonprofit 501(c)(6) organization. Since this organization was founded, our involvement in the state legislative process has been crucial to protecting property rights for all Texans. We believe that if any property rights are violated anywhere in the state, all landowners in Texas can be subjected to the same abuse.
Texas Landowners Council works to protect your rights at the Texas Legislature. Without the attention and diligence of Texas Landowners Council, many more restrictive laws would be in effect today. If you own property in Texas, we’re working for you!
In order for our organization to continue working on behalf of landowners in Texas, we need your help. Contributions to Texas Landowners Council provide funding for lobbying and legal and administrative support of our efforts. Our strength depends on our membership. Texas Landowners Council is the organization working the hardest to protect property rights in Texas. Please support TLC, and help protect your constitutional rights and the freedom to own and enjoy private property.
About Texas Landowners Council
Landowners in Texas
Standing Together for the Protection of Property Rights
Fifth Amendment to the
U.S. Constitution
“No person shall ... be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.”
Fourteenth Amendment to the
U.S. Constitution
“Nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”
Abraham Lincoln’s
response to 1864 N.Y.C. race riot
"None are so deeply interested to resist the present rebellion as the working people. Let them beware of prejudice, working division and hostility among themselves. The most notable feature of a disturbance in your city last summer was the hanging of some working people by other working people. It should never be so. The strongest bond of human sympathy, outside of the family relation, should be one uniting all working people, of all nations, and tongues and kindreds. Nor should this lead to a war upon property, or the owners of property. Property is the fruit of labor; property is desirable; is a positive good in the world. That some should be rich shows that others may become rich, and hence is just encouragement to industry and enterprise. Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built."
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