Texas Proposition 2, County Seawall Reclamation Districts Amendment (1914)
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| Topic County and municipal governance and Water |
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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 3, 1914. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported authorizing counties to designate seawall reclamation districts and build seawalls. |
A "no" vote opposed authorizing counties to designate seawall reclamation districts and build seawalls. |
Election results
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| Yes | 47,259 | 37.69% | ||
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78,118 | 62.31% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Proposition 2 was as follows:
| “ | To amend Section 7 of Article 11 of the Constitution of the State of Texas, authorizing counties bordering the Gulf of Mexico to build seawalls, by adding Section 7a, so as to authorize such counties to build seawalls and designate seawall reclamation districts for the protection of life and property from storm overflow, and to build or condemn land for seawall and reclamation districts, the county to have State's title to the roads and bay shore line to low tide within the district bounds for acquiring and developing the district and building the seawall, and when district is developed as a townsite to sell such portions of the land as not reserved for public use by the county. | ” |
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 22 during the 33rd regular legislative session in 1913.[1]
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