Texas Proposition 3, State Finance Committee Amendment (1981)

Texas Proposition 3
Election date November 3, 1981
Topic State and local government budgets, spending, and finance
Status Defeated
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 3, 1981. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported the amendment to permit the legislature to grant a state finance management committee the power to manage the spending of certain funds.

A "no" vote opposed the amendment to permit the legislature to grant a state finance management committee the power to manage the spending of certain funds.

Election results

Texas Proposition 3
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		293,478	38.24%
No		473,886	61.76%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 3 was as follows:

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Proposing a constitutional amendment to allow the legislature to grant to a state finance management committee the power to manage the expenditure of certain appropriated funds.

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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 38 during the 67th regular legislative session in 1981.

See also

1981 Measures

• 1981 Measures
• State and local government budgets on the ballot
• spending on the ballot
• and finance on the ballot
• 1981 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