Texas Proposition 11, State Debt Payable from General Fund Amendment (1997)

Texas Proposition 11
Election date November 4, 1997
Topic State and local government budgets, spending, and finance
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Texas Proposition 11 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Texas on November 4, 1997. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported limiting the amount of state debt payable from the general revenue fund.

A "no" vote opposed limiting the amount of state debt payable from the general revenue fund.

Election results

Texas Proposition 11
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		742,798	67.95%
No		350,317	32.05%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 11 was as follows:

“

Proposing a constitutional amendment limiting debt payable from the general revenue fund.

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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 59 during the 75th regular legislative session in 1997.

See also

1997 Measures

• 1997 Measures
• State and local government budgets on the ballot
• spending on the ballot
• and finance on the ballot
• 1997 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