Texas Proposition 5, Compensation for Members of Governing Bodies Amendment (1999)

Texas Proposition 5
Election date November 2, 1999
Topic Salaries of government officials
Status Defeated
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Texas Proposition 5 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Texas on November 2, 1999. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported allowing state employees to be compensated for serving as a member of a governing body of a school district, city, town, or other local governmental district.

A "no" vote opposed allowing state employees to be compensated for serving as a member of a governing body of a school district, city, town, or other local governmental district.

Election results

Texas Proposition 5
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		427,043	45.41%
No		513,295	54.59%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 5 was as follows:

“

Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to compensation for state employees serving as members of local governing boards.

”

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 26 during the 76th regular legislative session in 1999.

See also

1999 Measures

• 1999 Measures
• Salaries of government officials on the ballot
• 1999 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