Texas Proposition 5, Donation of Firefighting Equipment Amendment (2001)

Texas Proposition 5
Election date November 6, 2001
Topic County and municipal governance
Status Approved
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 6, 2001. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported authorizing municipalities to donate outdated or surplus firefighting equipment or supplies to underdeveloped countries.

A "no" vote opposed authorizing municipalities to donate outdated or surplus firefighting equipment or supplies to underdeveloped countries.

Election results

Texas Proposition 5
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		595,707	71.36%
No		239,139	28.64%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 5 was as follows:

“

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing municipalities to donate outdated or surplus firefighting equipment or supplies to underdeveloped countries.

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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 Senate Joint Resolution 32 during the 77th regular legislative session in 2001.

See also

2001 Measures

• 2001 Measures
• County and municipal governance 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