Texas Proposition 14, State Commission and Agency Governing Boards Amendment (1999)

Texas Proposition 14
Election date November 2, 1999
Topic Administration of government
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Texas Proposition 14 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Texas on November 2, 1999. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported requiring state boards, commissions, or other agencies to be governed by a board consisting of an odd number of three or more members.

A "no" vote opposed requiring state boards, commissions, or other agencies to be governed by a board consisting of an odd number of three or more members.

Election results

Texas Proposition 14
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		664,727	73.21%
No		243,307	26.79%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 14 was as follows:

“

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide that certain state boards, commissions, or other agencies shall be governed by a board composed of an odd number of three or more members.

”

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 29 during the 76th regular legislative session in 1999.

See also

1999 Measures

• 1999 Measures
• Administration of government on the ballot
• 1999 legislative sessions

Texas

• Texas ballot measures
• Texas ballot measure laws

News and analysis

• Ballot measure lawsuits
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• Ballot measure polls

External links

• Legislative Reference Library of Texas, Constitutional Amendments