Texas Proposition 6, State Financing of Texas Business Amendment (1987)

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Texas Proposition 6

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Election date

November 3, 1987

Topic
State and local government budgets, spending, and finance
Status

DefeatedDefeated

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 3, 1987. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported authorizing the legislature to provide state financing for the development and production of Texas products and businesses.

A "no" vote opposed authorizing the legislature to provide state financing for the development and production of Texas products and businesses.


Election results

Texas Proposition 6

Result Votes Percentage
Yes 986,500 46.79%

Defeated No

1,121,792 53.21%
Results are officially certified.
Source


Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 6 was as follows:

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for the issuance of bonds and state financing of development and production of Texas products and businesses.

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 6 during the 70th regular legislative session called in 1987.[1]

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