Texas Proposition 9, Compensation Limitations for Office Transitions Amendment (1987)

Texas Proposition 9
Election date November 3, 1987
Topic Administration of government and State legislatures measures
Status Defeated
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Texas Proposition 9 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Texas on November 3, 1987. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported prohibiting legislators elected or appointed to a different state office from receiving any increase in compensation granted to that office during their elected legislative term.

A "no" vote opposed prohibiting legislators elected or appointed to a different state office from receiving any increase in compensation granted to that office during their elected legislative term.

Election results

Texas Proposition 9
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		977,464	46.76%
No		1,112,888	53.24%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 9 was as follows:

“

Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the eligibility of a member of the legislature for another office.

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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 9 during the 70th regular legislative session called in 1987.

See also

1987 Measures

• 1987 Measures
• Administration of government on the ballot
• State legislatures measures 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