Texas Proposition 12, Obsolete Constitutional Provisions Amendment (2001)

Texas Proposition 12
Election date November 6, 2001
Topic Constitutional wording changes
Status Approved
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 6, 2001. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported eliminating outdated, archaic, redundant, and unnecessary provisions and clarifying, updating, and harmonizing certain provisions of the Texas Constitution.

A "no" vote opposed eliminating outdated, archaic, redundant, and unnecessary provisions and clarifying, updating, and harmonizing certain provisions of the Texas Constitution.

Election results

Texas Proposition 12
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		619,945	76.59%
No		189,541	23.41%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 12 was as follows:

“

Proposing a constitutional amendment to eliminate obsolete, archaic, redundant, and unnecessary provisions and to clarify, update, and harmonize certain provisions of the Texas Constitution.

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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 75 during the 77th regular legislative session in 2001.

See also

2001 Measures

• 2001 Measures
• Constitutional wording changes on the ballot
• 2001 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