Texas Proposition 6, Urban Homesteads Amendment (1999)

Texas Proposition 6
Election date November 2, 1999
Topic Property
Status Approved
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 2, 1999. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported increasing the urban homestead maximum size from one to ten acres, require homestead use as a residence, and prevent homestead overburdening.

A "no" vote opposed increasing the urban homestead maximum size from one to ten acres, require homestead use as a residence, and prevent homestead overburdening.

Election results

Texas Proposition 6
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		635,020	67.45%
No		306,390	32.55%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 6 was as follows:

“

Proposing a constitutional amendment increasing the maximum size of an urban homestead to 10 acres, prescribing permissible uses of urban homesteads, and preventing the overburdening of a homestead.

”

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 21 during the 76th regular legislative session in 1999.

See also

1999 Measures

• 1999 Measures
• Property on the ballot
• 1999 legislative sessions

Texas

• Texas ballot measures
• Texas ballot measure laws

News and analysis

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External links

• Legislative Reference Library of Texas, Constitutional Amendments