Texas Proposition 4, Water and Conversation District Board Terms Amendment (1982)
The Texas Water and Conversation District Board Terms Amendment, also known as Proposition 4, was on the November 2, 1982 ballot in Texas as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved. The measure provided term limits of four years for members of governing boards of water, conservation and reclamation districts.[1][2]
Election results
| Texas Proposition 4 (1982) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 1,784,103 | 80.92% | ||
| No | 420,555 | 19.08% | ||
Election results via: Legislative Reference Library of Texas
Text of measure
The text of the measure can be read here.
Constitutional changes
Prop 4 amended Section 30 of Article 16 of the Texas Constitution.
Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing direct democracy in Texas
As laid out in Article 17 of the Texas Constitution, in order for a proposed constitutional amendment to be placed on the ballot, the Texas State Legislature must propose the amendment in a joint resolution of both the Texas State Senate and the Texas House of Representatives. The joint resolution can originate in either the House or the Senate. The resolution must be adopted by a vote of at least two-thirds of the membership of each house of the legislature. That amounts to a minimum of 100 votes in the House of Representatives and 21 votes in the Senate.
See also
- Texas 1982 ballot measures
- 1982 ballot measures
- List of Texas ballot measures
- History of direct democracy in Texas
External links
Footnotes
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