Texas Proposition 18, Civil and Criminal Fees Amendment (2001)

Texas Proposition 18
Election date November 6, 2001
Topic Law enforcement and State judiciary
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Texas Proposition 18 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Texas on November 6, 2001. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported providing for uniformity in the collection, deposit, reporting, and remitting of civil and criminal fees.

A "no" vote opposed providing for uniformity in the collection, deposit, reporting, and remitting of civil and criminal fees.

Election results

Texas Proposition 18
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		647,439	81.07%
No		151,213	18.93%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 18 was as follows:

“

Proposing a constitutional amendment to promote uniformity in the collection, deposit, reporting, and remitting of civil and criminal fees.

”

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 49 during the 77th regular legislative session in 2001.

See also

2001 Measures

• 2001 Measures
• Law enforcement on the ballot
• State judiciary 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