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Texas Assistance for Surviving Spouses and Children Amendment (August 1969)
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| Topic State and local government budgets, spending, and finance |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Texas Assistance for Spouses and Children Amendment was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Texas on August 5, 1969. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported authorizing the legislature to provide payments to surviving spouses and children of government officers, employees, and volunteers killed on hazardous duty. |
A "no" vote opposed authorizing the legislature to provide payments to surviving spouses and children of government officers, employees, and volunteers killed on hazardous duty. |
Election results
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398,122 | 64.20% | ||
| No | 221,968 | 35.80% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Assistance for Spouses and Children Amendment was as follows:
| “ | Relating to proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the payment of assistance to the surviving spouse and minor children of certain governmental employees and volunteer fire and police reserve units who suffer violent death while in the performance of their duties. | ” |
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 4 during the 61st regular legislative session in 1969.[1]
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Footnotes
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