Texas Proposition 1, Legislative Salaries Amendment (1972)

Texas Proposition 1
Election date November 7, 1972
Topic Salaries of government officials
Status Defeated
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Texas Proposition 1 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Texas on November 7, 1972. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported the amendment to provide annual salaries of $20,000 to the lieutenant governor and speaker, and $9,000 to members of the Senate and House.

A "no" vote opposed the amendment to provide annual salaries of $20,000 to the lieutenant governor and speaker, and $9,000 to members of the Senate and House.

Election results

Texas Proposition 1
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		1,251,773	46.56%
No		1,436,910	53.44%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 1 was as follows:

“

Proposing an amendment to provide an annual salary of $20,000 for the Lieutenant Governor and Speaker of the House of Representatives, and $9,000 for members of the Senate and House of Representatives and to extend to 140 days of the regular per diem allowance of the members of the Legislature.

”

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 58 during the 62nd regular legislative session in 1971.

See also

1972 Measures

• 1972 Measures
• Salaries of government officials on the ballot
• 1972 legislative sessions

Texas

• Texas ballot measures
• Texas ballot measure laws

News and analysis

• Ballot measure lawsuits
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External links

• Legislative Reference Library of Texas, Constitutional Amendments