Texas Proposition 25, Amarillo Hospital District (1987)
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Election results
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 1,358,338 | 71.5% | ||
| No | 541,344 | 28.5% | ||
Text of measure
The short ballot summary Texas voters saw on their ballot was "The constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to permit the Amarillo Hospital District to serve certain residents of Randall County, to authorize Randall County to provide financial assistance to the district, and to authorize certain hospital districts to change their boundaries or jurisdiction with voter approval."[1]
Constitutional changes
Prop 25 added Section 5 (e) and (f) to Article 11 of the Texas Constitution.
Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing direct democracy in Texas
As laid out in Article 17 of the Texas Constitution, in order for a proposed constitutional amendment to be placed on the ballot, the Texas State Legislature must propose the amendment in a joint resolution of both the Texas State Senate and the Texas House of Representatives. The joint resolution can originate in either the House or the Senate. The resolution must be adopted by a vote of at least two-thirds of the membership of each house of the legislature. That amounts to a minimum of 100 votes in the House of Representatives and 21 votes in the Senate.
External links
- Proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution for 1987
- Spreadsheet of proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution, 1879-present
- Texas Constitutional Amendments since 1876
