Texas Proposition 11, Eminent Domain Restrictions Amendment (2009)

Texas Proposition 11
Election date November 3, 2009
Topic Eminent domain policy
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Texas Proposition 11 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Texas on November 3, 2009. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported prohibiting government land acquisition for non-public use and require individual property assessments for blight before labeling a neighborhood as blighted.

A "no" vote opposed prohibiting government land acquisition for non-public use and require individual property assessments for blight before labeling a neighborhood as blighted.

Election results

Texas Proposition 11
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		848,651	81.02%
No		198,822	18.98%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 11 was as follows:

“

Proposing constitutional amendments limiting the public taking of private property, establishing the national research university fund to fund emerging research universities, and eliminating the higher education fund.

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Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Texas Constitution

A two-thirds vote was needed in each chamber of the Texas State Legislature to refer the constitutional amendment to the ballot for voter consideration.

The constitutional amendment was introduced into the Texas State Legislature as House Joint Resolution 14 during the 81st regular legislative session in 2009.

See also

2009 Measures

• 2009 Measures
• Eminent domain policy on the ballot
• 2009 legislative sessions

Texas

• Texas ballot measures
• Texas ballot measure laws

News and analysis

• Ballot measure lawsuits
• Ballot measure readability
• Ballot measure polls

External links

• Legislative Reference Library of Texas, Constitutional Amendments