Texas Proposition 2, Governor Salary Amendment (July 1929)

Texas Proposition 2
Election date July 16, 1929
Topic Salaries of government officials and State executive official measures
Status Defeated
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Texas Proposition 2 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Texas on July 16, 1929. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported increasing the governor's annual salary to $10,000.

A "no" vote opposed increasing the governor's annual salary to $10,000.

Election results

Texas Proposition 2
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		49,644	39.46%
No		76,166	60.54%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 2 was as follows:

“

Proposing an amendment fixing the salary of the Governor; making an appropriation.

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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 House Joint Resolution 7 during the 41st regular legislative session in 1929.

See also

1929 Measures

• 1929 Measures
• Salaries of government officials on the ballot
• State executive official measures on the ballot
• 1929 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