Texas Proposition 4, Retirement Fund for School Employees Amendment (1936)

Texas Proposition 4
Election date November 3, 1936
Topic Public employee retirement funds
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Texas Proposition 4 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Texas on November 3, 1936. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported creating the Teachers' Retirement System for employees of public schools and colleges and universities supported partly or wholly by the state, which was limited to a retirement pension.

A "no" vote opposed creating the Teachers' Retirement System for employees of public schools and colleges and universities supported partly or wholly by the state, which was limited to a retirement pension.

Election results

Texas Proposition 4
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		323,725	52.77%
No		289,763	47.23%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 4 was as follows:

“

Proposing an Amendment to Section 48, Article III of the Constitution of the State of Texas, authorizing the establishment of Teachers' Retirement Systems.

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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 18 during the 44th regular legislative session in 1936.

See also

1936 Measures

• 1936 Measures
• Public employee retirement funds on the ballot
• 1936 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