Texas Proposition 8, Term Limits of City Officials Amendment (1934)

Texas Proposition 8
Election date November 6, 1934
Topic County and municipal governance
Status Defeated
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 6, 1934. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported permitting home rule cities to amend their charters to limit the terms of elected city officials to four years.

A "no" vote opposed permitting home rule cities to amend their charters to limit the terms of elected city officials to four years.

Election results

Texas Proposition 8
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		95,981	28.98%
No		235,263	71.02%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 8 was as follows:

“

Proposing amendments to Section 30, of Article XVI, of the Constitution of Texas, permitting elected officials of a city that has adopted and amended its charter as provided in Section 5, of Article II, of the Constitution of Texas, by amendment to such city's charter to hold office not exceeding four (4) years.

”

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 43rd regular legislative session in 1934.

See also

1934 Measures

• 1934 Measures
• County and municipal governance on the ballot
• 1934 legislative sessions

Texas

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• Texas ballot measure laws

News and analysis

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External links

• Legislative Reference Library of Texas, Constitutional Amendments