Texas 1965 ballot measures

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11 statewide ballot propositions were on the 1965 ballot in Texas. 5 of the measures were approved.

On the ballot

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Prop	Admin of gov't	Revising senate membership numbers and requirements.	d
LRCA	Prop 1	Education	Providing a method of payment for the acquiring, constructing, and equipping buildings and other permanent improvements at certain state institutions of higher education.	a
LRCA	Prop 2	Veterans	Increasing the Veterans' Land Fund by $200,000,000.00 to be used for the purpose of purchasing land in Texas to be sold to Texas veterans	d
LRCA	Prop 3	Admin of gov't	Providing for assistance to and/or medical care for the: needy aged, needy individuals who are permanently and totally disabled, needy blind; and needy children and their caretakers.	a
LRCA	Prop 4	Admin of gov't	Providing a four-year term of office for the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Comptroller of Public Accounts, Treasurer, Commissioner of the General Land Office, Secretary of State, and any statutory state officer who is elected by the electorate of Texas at large	d
LRCA	Prop 5	Admin of gov't	Relating to the Teacher Retirement Fund and the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, revising provisions for investment of moneys and other assets of the Fund.	a
LRCA	Prop 6	Education	Authorizing the Legislature to provide for loans to students at institutions of higher education to be known as the Texas Opportunity Plan.	a
LRCA	Prop 7	Taxes	Exempting the property of certain charitable organizations from local ad valorem taxes provided any such organization meets certain conditions.	d
LRCA	Prop 8	Admin of gov't	Providing for the automatic retirement of District and Appellate Judges for old age, creating the State Judicial Qualifications Commission, defining its functions; and empowering the Supreme Court to remove District and Appellate Judges for misconduct and to retire such judges in cases of disability.	a
LRCA	Prop 9	Admin of gov't	Fixing an annual for the Lieutenant Governor and for the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and allowing a fixed per diem for Members of the Legislature	d
LRCA	Prop 10	Admin of gov't	Provide for a four-year term of office for State Representatives.	d

External links

• Spreadsheet of proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution, 1879-present
• Texas Constitutional Amendments since 1876

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