Your feedback ensures we stay focused on the facts that matter to you most—take our survey.
Texas Proposition 1, Tax for Pensions Amendment (August 1947)
| Texas Proposition 1 | |
|---|---|
|
|
|
| Election date |
|
| Topic Taxes |
|
| Status |
|
| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Texas Proposition 1 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Texas on August 23, 1947. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported levying an ad valorem tax to fund Confederate pensions and finance improvements at state institutions of higher learning and providing for a $0.05 reduction of the maximum allowable state property tax. |
A "no" vote opposed levying an ad valorem tax to fund Confederate pensions and finance improvements at state institutions of higher learning and providing for a $0.05 reduction of the maximum allowable state property tax. |
Election results
|
Texas Proposition 1 |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
|
|
102,531 | 51.30% | ||
| No | 97,318 | 48.70% | ||
Text of measure
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 4 during the 50th regular legislative session in 1947.[1]
See also
External links
Footnotes
| |||||
