Texas Proposition 2, Bonds for County Road Projects Amendment (2001)

Texas Proposition 2
Election date November 6, 2001
Topic Bond issues and Transportation
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Texas Proposition 2 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Texas on November 6, 2001. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported authorizing $175 million in state bonds for financial assistance to counties for roadway projects serving border colonias.

A "no" vote opposed authorizing $175 million in state bonds for financial assistance to counties for roadway projects serving border colonias.

Election results

Texas Proposition 2
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		507,357	61.44%
No		318,447	38.56%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 2 was as follows:

“

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds or notes to provide financial assistance to counties for roadway projects to serve border colonias.

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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 Senate Joint Resolution 37 during the 77th regular legislative session in 2001.

See also

2001 Measures

• 2001 Measures
• Transportation on the ballot
• Bond issues on the ballot
• 2001 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