Texas Proposition 4, Firefighters' Pension Commissioner Terms Amendment (2001)

Texas Proposition 4
Election date November 6, 2001
Topic Local official term limits
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Texas Proposition 4 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Texas on November 6, 2001. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported establishing a four-year term for the firefighters' pension commissioner.

A "no" vote opposed establishing a four-year term for the firefighters' pension commissioner.

Election results

Texas Proposition 4
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		583,552	72.05%
No		226,350	27.95%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 4 was as follows:

“

Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for a four-year term of office for the fire fighters' pension commissioner.

”

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 1 during the 77th regular legislative session in 2001.

See also

2001 Measures

• 2001 Measures
• Local official term limits on the ballot
• 2001 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