Texas Proposition 8, Firefighting Serivices and Bonds Amendment (1978)

Texas Proposition 8
Election date November 7, 1978
Topic Bond issues
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Texas Proposition 8 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Texas on November 7, 1978. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported the amendment to authorize water districts to provide firefighting services within their districts and to issue bonds to fund firefighting services.

A "no" vote opposed the amendment to authorize water districts to provide firefighting services within their districts and to issue bonds to fund firefighting services.

Election results

Texas Proposition 8
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		1,154,322	68.20%
No		538,228	31.80%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 8 was as follows:

“

Proposing amendments to the Texas Constitution authorizing certain districts to engage in fire-fighting activities and to issue bonds or other indebtedness or to issue bonds or otherwise lend their credit for fire-fighting purposes.

”

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 42 during the 65th regular legislative session in 1977.

See also

1978 Measures

• 1978 Measures
• Bond issues on the ballot
• 1978 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