Texas 1999 ballot measures
In 1999, voters decided on 17 statewide ballot measures in Texas on November 2.
- The 17 measures were legislatively referred constitutional amendments.
- Voters approved 13 (76%) and rejected four (24%) measures.
On the ballot
November 2, 1999
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proposition 10 | Administration; Executive officials | Provide that the commissioner of health and human services serves under the governor and holds concurrent four-year terms. |
|
439,505 (48%) |
478,875 (52%) |
|
| Proposition 11 | Insurance | Allow political subdivisions to buy nonassessable property and casualty insurance from authorized mutual insurers. |
|
566,408 (62%) |
343,980 (38%) |
|
| Proposition 12 | Taxes | Exempt leased motor vehicles not held primarily for income production from ad valorem taxes. |
|
530,181 (57%) |
398,705 (43%) |
|
| Proposition 13 | Education; Bonds | Issue $400 million in general obligation bonds to finance educational loans to students. |
|
674,249 (71%) |
275,392 (29%) |
|
| Proposition 14 | Administration | Require state boards, commissions, or other agencies to be governed by a board with three or more members. |
|
664,727 (73%) |
243,307 (27%) |
|
| Proposition 15 | Property | Allow spouses to convert separate property to community property. |
|
637,087 (67%) |
308,342 (33%) |
|
| Proposition 16 | Judiciary; Local government | Require certain counties to be divided into a specific number of justice precincts. |
|
579,777 (64%) |
325,183 (36%) |
|
| Proposition 17 | Budgets | Allow the University of Texas Board of Regents to determine distribution of investment returns from the Permanent University Fund to the Available University Fund. |
|
553,859 (61%) |
350,718 (39%) |
|
| Proposition 1 | Executive officials | Revise procedures for filling governor and lieutenant governor vacancies. |
|
692,455 (74%) |
241,831 (26%) |
|
| Proposition 2 | Business; Property | Redefine "reverse mortgage" to open the reverse mortgage market and require certain advances made on a reverse mortgage loan to be made according to loan document terms. |
|
583,884 (64%) |
325,162 (36%) |
|
| Proposition 3 | Constitutional wording | Eliminate duplicative, executed, obsolete, archaic, and ineffective provisions of the Texas Constitution. |
|
720,085 (77%) |
217,856 (23%) |
|
| Proposition 4 | Taxes | Exempt property owned by institutions primarily engaged in public charitable functions from ad valorem taxation. |
|
483,674 (52%) |
450,357 (48%) |
|
| Proposition 5 | Salaries | Allow state employees to receive compensation for serving on local governing bodies. |
|
427,043 (45%) |
513,295 (55%) |
|
| Proposition 6 | Property | Increase maximum urban homestead size to ten acres, requiring residential use and preventing overuse. |
|
635,020 (67%) |
306,390 (33%) |
|
| Proposition 7 | Law enforcement; Family | Allow wage garnishment to enforce court-ordered spousal maintenance. |
|
644,742 (67%) |
311,561 (33%) |
|
| Proposition 8 | State militia; State executive structure | Establish the office of adjutant general with four-year terms under the governor. |
|
430,356 (47%) |
478,706 (53%) |
|
| Proposition 9 | Judiciary | Create a judicial compensation commission to recommend judicial salaries. |
|
369,235 (41%) |
533,061 (59%) |
See also
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