Texas Proposition 12, Industrial Development Bonds Amendment (1968)

Texas Proposition 12
Election date November 5, 1968
Topic Bond issues and County and municipal governance
Status Defeated
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Texas Proposition 12 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Texas on November 5, 1968. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported the amendment to give the legislature the power to authorize localities to issue bonds for the purpose of industrial development.

A "no" vote opposed the amendment to give the legislature the power to authorize localities to issue bonds for the purpose of industrial development.

Election results

Texas Proposition 12
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		939,023	49.01%
No		976,943	50.99%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 12 was as follows:

“

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Texas to give the Legislature the power to authorize cities and counties to issue revenue bonds for industrial development purposes.

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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 Senate Joint Resolution 14 during the 60th regular legislative session in 1967.

See also

1968 Measures

• 1968 Measures
• County and municipal governance on the ballot
• Bond issues on the ballot
• 1968 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