Texas Proposition 2, Airport Authorities Amendment (1966)

Texas Proposition 2
Election date November 8, 1966
Topic Administration of government and Taxes
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Texas Proposition 2 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Texas on November 8, 1966. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported the amendment to authorize the legislature to provide for the creation, establishment, maintenance, and operation of airport authorities composed of one or more counties.

A "no" vote opposed the amendment to authorize the legislature to provide for the creation, establishment, maintenance, and operation of airport authorities composed of one or more counties.

Election results

Texas Proposition 2
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		593,986	55.50%
No		476,345	44.50%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 2 was as follows:

“

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Texas authorizing the Legislature to provide by law for the creation, establishment, maintenance and operation of Airport Authorities composed of one or more counties.

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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 1 during the 59th regular legislative session in 1965.

See also

1966 Measures

• 1966 Measures
• Administration of government on the ballot
• Taxes on the ballot
• 1966 legislative sessions

Texas

• Texas ballot measures
• Texas ballot measure laws

News and analysis

• Ballot measure lawsuits
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External links

• Legislative Reference Library of Texas, Constitutional Amendments