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Texas Proposition 4, Parks and Recreation Facilities Amendment (September 2003)
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| Topic Parks, land, and natural area conservation and State and local government budgets, spending, and finance |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Texas Proposition 4 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Texas on September 13, 2003. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported allowing conservation and reclamation districts to use taxes to develop and finance certain parks and recreation facilities and local elections to issue bonds for improving and maintaining parks in the Tarrant Regional Water District and certain counties. |
A "no" vote opposed allowing conservation and reclamation districts to use taxes to develop and finance certain parks and recreation facilities and local elections to issue bonds for improving and maintaining parks in the Tarrant Regional Water District and certain counties. |
Election results
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746,523 | 56.44% | ||
| No | 576,164 | 43.56% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Proposition 4 was as follows:
| “ | Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the provision of parks and recreational facilities by certain conservation and reclamation districts. | ” |
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 Senate Joint Resolution 30 during the 78th regular legislative session in 2003.[1]
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Footnotes
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