Texas Proposition 14, Qualifications of Constables Amendment (1997)

Texas Proposition 14
Election date November 4, 1997
Topic Administration of government and Law enforcement
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 4, 1997. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported allowing the legislature to set qualifications for constables.

A "no" vote opposed allowing the legislature to set qualifications for constables.

Election results

Texas Proposition 14
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		869,156	78.05%
No		244,472	21.95%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 14 was as follows:

“

Proposing a constitutional amendment to allow the legislature to prescribe the qualifications of constables.

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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 83 during the 75th regular legislative session in 1997.

See also

1997 Measures

• 1997 Measures
• Administration of government on the ballot
• Law enforcement 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