Texas Proposition 13, Funding for Higher Education Amendment (1993)

Texas Proposition 13
Election date November 2, 1993
Topic State and local government budgets, spending, and finance
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Texas Proposition 13 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Texas on November 2, 1993. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported expanding funding for public institutions of higher education and including the Texas State Technical College system among eligible institutions for funding.

A "no" vote opposed expanding funding for public institutions of higher education and including the Texas State Technical College system among eligible institutions for funding.

Election results

Texas Proposition 13
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		610,714	58.19%
No		438,756	41.81%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 13 was as follows:

“

Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the amount and expenditure of certain constitutionally dedicated funding for public institutions of higher education.

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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 13 during the 73rd regular legislative session in 1993.

See also

1993 Measures

• 1993 Measures
• State and local government budgets on the ballot
• spending on the ballot
• and finance on the ballot
• 1993 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