Texas Proposition 14, Removal of County Positions Amendment (1985)

Texas Proposition 14
Election date November 5, 1985
Topic County and municipal governance
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Texas Proposition 14 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Texas on November 5, 1985. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported the amendment to abolish the office of county treasurer in Andrews and El Paso Counties and to abolish the office of county surveyor in Collin, Dallas, Denton, El Paso, Henderson and Randall Counties.

A "no" vote opposed the amendment to abolish the office of county treasurer in Andrews and El Paso Counties and to abolish the office of county surveyor in Collin, Dallas, Denton, El Paso, Henderson, and Randall Counties.

Election results

Texas Proposition 14
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		584,641	69.92%
No		251,483	30.08%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 14 was as follows:

“

Proposing a constitutional amendment to abolish certain county offices in certain counties.

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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 27 during the 69th regular legislative session in 1985.

See also

1985 Measures

• 1985 Measures
• County and municipal governance on the ballot
• 1985 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