Texas Proposition 4, Obsolete Provisions of the State Constitution Amendment (1997)

Texas Proposition 4
Election date November 4, 1997
Topic Constitutional wording changes
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 4, 1997. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported removing duplicate numbering and certain obsolete provisions in the Texas Constitution.

A "no" vote opposed removing duplicate numbering and certain obsolete provisions in the Texas Constitution.

Election results

Texas Proposition 4
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		865,397	78.83%
No		232,350	21.17%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 4 was as follows:

“

Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to eliminating duplicate numbering in and certain obsolete provisions of the Texas Constitution.

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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 104 during the 75th regular legislative session in 1997.

See also

1997 Measures

• 1997 Measures
• Constitutional wording changes on the ballot
• 1997 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