Texas Proposition 15, Unalterable Retirement Benefits Amendment (September 2003)

Texas Proposition 15
Election date September 13, 2003
Topic County and municipal governance and Public employee retirement funds
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Texas Proposition 15 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Texas on September 13, 2003. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported prohibiting local retirement systems and their funding political subdivision from reducing certain accrued benefits under the local retirement system.

A "no" vote opposed prohibiting local retirement systems and their funding political subdivision from reducing certain accrued benefits under the local retirement system.

Election results

Texas Proposition 15
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		964,515	71.54%
No		383,710	28.46%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 15 was as follows:

“

Proposing a constitutional amendment providing that certain benefits in certain public retirement systems may not be reduced or impaired.

”

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 54 during the 78th regular legislative session in 2003.

See also

2003 Measures

• 2003 Measures
• County and municipal governance on the ballot
• Public employee retirement funds on the ballot
• 2003 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