Texas Proposition 3, Assistance to Families of Killed Public Servants Amendment (1984)

Texas Proposition 3
Election date November 6, 1984
Topic Public employee retirement funds
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Texas Proposition 3 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Texas on November 6, 1984. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported the amendment to provide assistance to the surviving dependent parents, brothers, and sisters of certain public employees who are killed while on duty.

A "no" vote opposed the amendment to provide assistance to the surviving dependent parents, brothers, and sisters of certain public employees who are killed while on duty.

Election results

Texas Proposition 3
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		2,559,892	63.53%
No		1,469,551	36.47%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 3 was as follows:

“

Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the payment of assistance to the surviving dependent parents, brothers, and sisters of certain public servants killed while on duty.

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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 65 during the 68th regular legislative session in 1983.

See also

1984 Measures

• 1984 Measures
• Public employee retirement funds on the ballot
• 1984 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