Texas 1999 ballot measures

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Seventeen statewide ballot measures (all legislatively-referred constitutional amendments proposed as amendments to the Texas Constitution by the Texas State Legislature) were on the November 2, 1999 ballot in Texas. Of the seventeen, thirteen were approved.

• All of the seventeen statewide ballot measures were voted onto the ballot by the Texas State Legislature as legislatively-referred constitutional amendments to the Texas Constitution.

• Thirteen proposed amendments were approved by voters in 1999. Four were defeated.
• Topics in 1999 included: vacancies, regulation, constitution, taxes, labor, environment, administration of government, judiciary, transportation, education, property, state government, and elections.

Historical facts

• Since 1989, an average of 15 state questions have appeared on the ballot in the odd-numbered years.
• In 2003 there were 22 proposed constitutional amendments on the Texas ballot. That number of proposed amendments set a 20-year record. 1989 was close, with 21 proposed amendments.
• Altogether, Texans have voted on 162 proposed constitutional amendments in the last 20 years.
• Texans have approved 89.5% of the constitutional amendments they've been asked to consider since 1989. In some years, every proposed amendment was approved. This includes the approval of all 19 amendments in 2001, all 22 in 2003 and all 16 in 2007.
• Conversely, 10.5% of statewide ballot questions in the past 20 years have been defeated.

On the ballot

See also: 1999 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Prop 1	Vacancies	Revise filling a vacancy in office of Governor or Lt. Governor	a
LRCA	Prop 2	Regulation	Making of advances under a reverse mortgage	a
LRCA	Prop 3	Constitution	Eliminate non-essential provisions of the Texas Constitution	a
LRCA	Prop 4	Taxes	Exempt property owned by charitable institutions from ad valorem tax	a
LRCA	Prop 5	Labor	State employees to receive compensation as member of a district	d
LRCA	Prop 6	Environment	Increase maximum size of an urban homestead to 10 acres	a
LRCA	Prop 7	Labor	Authorize garnishment of wages for spousal maintenance	a
LRCA	Prop 8	Admin of gov't	Adjutant general serves at pleasure of Governor	d
LRCA	Prop 9	Judiciary	Create Judicial Compensation Commission	d
LRCA	Prop 10	Admin of gov't	Commissioner of Health and Human Services	d
LRCA	Prop 11	Regulation	Political subdivisions purchase nonassessable property insurance	a
LRCA	Prop 12	Transportation	Exempt from ad valorem taxation leased motor vehicles	a
LRCA	Prop 13	Bonds //Education	Issuance of $400 million in bonds to finance educational loans	a
LRCA	Prop 14	State Government	Odd number on state boards, commissions	a
LRCA	Prop 15	Property	Spouses to agree to convert separate property to community property	a
LRCA	Prop 16	Elections	Certain counties be divided into a specific number of precincts	a
LRCA	Prop 17	Education	Investment and distribution of permanent university fund	a

See also

• 1999 ballot measures
• List of Texas ballot measures
• Texas State Legislature
• List of ballot measures by state
• History of direct democracy in Texas
• Campaign finance requirements for Texas ballot measures
• Laws governing direct democracy in Texas

External links

• Spreadsheet of proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution, 1879-present
• Texas Constitutional Amendments since 1876
• Texas State Legislature
• Texas Secretary of State Elections Division
• Texas Secretary of State, Election Results 1992-Current