Texas Proposition 7, Financial Assistance to Veterans Amendment (1983)

Texas Proposition 7
Election date November 8, 1983
Topic Bond issues and Veterans policy
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Texas Proposition 7 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 issue $800 million in bonds to finance the veteran's land program and veteran's housing assistance program.

A "no" vote opposed the amendment to issue $800 million in bonds to finance the veteran's land program and veteran's housing assistance program.

Election results

Texas Proposition 7
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		533,509	70.87%
No		219,342	29.13%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 7 was as follows:

“

Proposing a constitutional amendment for financial assistance to veterans and to authorize the issuance of bonds of the state to finance the Veterans' Land Program and the Veterans' Housing Assistance Program.

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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 Senate Joint Resolution 14 during the 68th regular legislative session in 1983.

See also

1983 Measures

• 1983 Measures
• Veterans policy on the ballot
• Bond issues on the ballot
• 1983 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