Texas Proposition 1, Permanent School Fund Transfer Amendment (1964)
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| Topic Education and State and local government budgets, spending, and finance |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Texas Proposition 1 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Texas on November 3, 1964. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported the amendment to remove the authorization to annually transfer one percent of the permanent school fund to the available school fund. |
A "no" vote opposed the amendment to remove the authorization to annually transfer one percent of the permanent school fund to the available school fund. |
Election results
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Texas Proposition 1 |
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941,435 | 65.51% | ||
| No | 495,710 | 34.49% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Proposition 1 was as follows:
| “ | Relating to proposing a constitutional amendment so as to remove the authorization to transfer not exceeding one per cent annually of the total value of the permanent school fund to the available school fund. | ” |
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 6 during the 58th regular legislative session in 1963.[1]
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Footnotes
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