Texas Proposition 5, Lending State Credit Amendment (1954)
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| Topic State and local government budgets, spending, and finance and State legislatures measures |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Texas Proposition 5 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Texas on November 2, 1954. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported prohibiting the legislature from providing money or credit to any entity constructing, maintaining, or operating toll roads or turnpikes. |
A "no" vote opposed prohibiting the legislature from providing money or credit to any entity constructing, maintaining, or operating toll roads or turnpikes. |
Election results
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Texas Proposition 5 |
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295,014 | 59.90% | ||
| No | 197,461 | 40.10% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Proposition 5 was as follows:
| “ | Relating to proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the Legislature from ever lending the credit of the State, or granting any public money, or assuming or otherwise discharging any indebtedness of any individual, person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, public agency or political subdivision of the State, now authorized, or which may hereafter be authorized to construct, maintain, or operate toll roads, or turnpikes within this State. | ” |
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 14 during the 53rd regular legislative session in 1954.[1]
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