Texas Proposition 2, Assistance for the Needy Amendment (1963)
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| Topic Public assistance programs |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Texas Proposition 2 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Texas on November 9, 1963. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported the amendment to provide assistance payments to the needy aged, needy disabled, needy blind, and to needy children, authorize necessary appropriations for this assistance, allow for the acceptance of related funds from the federal government, provide that state funds not exceed the matching federal funds on the issue, and provide that the total amount of out of state funds for assistance shall never exceed $60 million. |
A "no" vote opposed the amendment to provide assistance payments to the needy aged, needy disabled, needy blind, and to needy children, authorize necessary appropriations for this assistance, allow for the acceptance of related funds from the federal government, provide that state funds not exceed the matching federal funds on the issue, and provide that the total amount of out of state funds for assistance shall never exceed $60 million. |
Election results
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Texas Proposition 2 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
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330,922 | 63.28% | ||
| No | 192,050 | 36.72% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Proposition 2 was as follows:
| “ | Relating to proposing a constitutional amendment providing that the Legislature shall have the power to provide assistance to and provide for the payment of same to (1) citizens of Texas who are needy aged persons over the age of sixty-five (65) years, (2) needy persons who are at least eighteen (18) years of age and less than sixty-five years of age who are permanently and totally disabled, (3) needy blind persons over the age of twenty-one (21) years, and (4) needy children under the age of sixteen (16) years; authorizing the Legislature to set up residence requirements for eligibility for such assistance; repealing the Constitutional limit on the amount paid out of state funds to individual recipients of Old Age Assistance and Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled; providing that the amounts for such assistance payments shall not exceed the amounts that are matchable out of federal funds for such purposes; providing that the amounts expended out of state funds for such purposes shall not exceed Sixty Million Dollars ($60,000,000); providing for the acceptance of financial aid from the Government of the United States. | ” |
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 21 during the 58th regular legislative session in 1963.[1]
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