Texas Proposition 9, Regional Mobility Authority Term Limits Amendment (2005)

Texas Proposition 8
Election date November 8, 2005
Topic Local official term limits
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 8, 2005. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported authorizing the legislature to set staggered six-year terms for regional mobility authority board members, appointing no more than one-third of positions every two years.

A "no" vote opposed authorizing the legislature to set staggered six-year terms for regional mobility authority board members, appointing no more than one-third of positions every two years.

Election results

Texas Proposition 8
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		913,358	46.67%
No		1,043,525	53.33%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 8 was as follows:

“

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for a six-year term for a board member of a regional mobility authority.

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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 House Joint Resolution 79 during the 79th regular legislative session in 2005.

See also

2005 Measures

• 2005 Measures
• Local official term limits on the ballot
• 2005 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