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Texas Proposition 6, Enforcing Child Support Amendment (1983)

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Texas Proposition 6

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Election date

November 8, 1983

Topic
Family-related policy and Law enforcement
Status

ApprovedApproved

Type
Legislatively referred constitutional amendment
Origin

State legislature



Texas Proposition 6 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Texas on November 8, 1983. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported the amendment to allow for the garnishment of wages for the purpose of court ordered child support payments.

A "no" vote opposed the amendment to allow for the garnishment of wages for the purpose of court ordered child support payments.


Election results

Texas Proposition 6

Result Votes Percentage

Approved Yes

607,219 79.37%
No 157,826 20.63%
Results are officially certified.
Source


Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 6 was as follows:

Proposing a constitutional amendment to allow for the assignment of income for the enforcement of court-ordered child support payments.

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 House Joint Resolution 1 during the 68th regular legislative session in 1983.[1]

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