Texas Proposition 10, Commissioner of Health and Human Services Amendment (1999)

Texas Proposition 10
Election date November 2, 1999
Topic Administration of government and State executive official measures
Status Defeated
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Texas Proposition 10 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Texas on November 2, 1999. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported providing that the commissioner of health and human services serves under the governor and holds concurrent four-year terms.

A "no" vote opposed providing that the commissioner of health and human services serves under the governor and holds concurrent four-year terms.

Election results

Texas Proposition 10
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		439,505	47.86%
No		478,875	52.14%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 10 was as follows:

“

Proposing a constitutional amendment to provide that the commissioner of health and human services serves at the pleasure of the governor.

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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 House Joint Resolution 74 during the 76th regular legislative session in 1999.

See also

1999 Measures

• 1999 Measures
• Administration of government on the ballot
• State executive official measures on the ballot
• 1999 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