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

Texas Proposition 6
Election date November 3, 1987
Topic State and local government budgets, spending, and finance
Status Defeated
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%
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.

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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 House Joint Resolution 6 during the 70th regular legislative session called in 1987.

See also

1987 Measures

• 1987 Measures
• State and local government budgets on the ballot
• spending on the ballot
• and finance on the ballot
• 1987 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