Texas 1980 ballot measures

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9 statewide ballot propositions were on the 1980 ballot in Texas. 6 of the measures were approved.

On the ballot

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Prop 1	Business regulation	Authorizing banks to place unmanned teller machines within the area of their domicile.	a
LRCA	Prop 2	Judiciary	Authorizing the appeal of certain pretrial rulings in criminal cases.	d
LRCA	Prop 3	Taxes	Requiring a single appraisal and a single board of equalization within each county.	a
LRCA	Prop 4	Gambling	Authorizing bingo games for non profit organizations.	a
LRCA	Prop 5	State budget	Granting the governor power to exercise fiscal control over the expenditure of appropriated funds.	d
LRCA	Prop 6	Government accountability	Authorizing the governor to remove appointed officers with the advice and consent of the senate.	a
LRCA	Prop 7	Admin of gov't	Authorizing counties with a population of 5,000 or less to perform private road work.	a
LRCA	Prop 8	Admin of gov't	Changing the name of the Courts of Civil Appeals and the names and qualifications of the justices of the Supreme Court and to prescribe the jurisdiction and authority of the appellate courts	d
LRCA	Prop 9	Property rights	Allowing spouses to agree that income or property arising from separate property is to be separate property.	a

External links

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

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