Texas Proposition 2, Veterans' Land Fund Amendment (1965)

Texas Proposition 2
Election date November 2, 1965
Topic Veterans policy
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 November 2, 1965. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported the amendment to increase the amount of bonds that may be issued by the veterans' land board by $200 million to a total of $400 million.

A "no" vote opposed the amendment to increase the amount of bonds that may be issued by the veterans' land board by $200 million to a total of $400 million.

Election results

Texas Proposition 2
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		237,957	49.11%
No		246,567	50.89%

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 so as to authorize an increase in the total amount of bonds or obligations that may be issued by the Veterans' Land Board to Four Hundred Million Dollars.

”

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 5 during the 59th regular legislative session in 1965.

See also

1965 Measures

• 1965 Measures
• Veterans policy on the ballot
• 1965 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