Texas 1999 ballot measures

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Seventeen statewide ballot measures (all legislatively-referred constitutional amendments proposed as amendments to the Texas Constitution by the Texas State Legislature) were on the November 2, 1999 ballot in Texas. Of the seventeen, thirteen were approved.

Leading up to the November 2 vote, Texas voters had previously approved 377 amendments to the state constitution since it was adopted in 1876. The thirteen amendments approved on November 1999 took the total to 390 amendments to the constitution through the end of 1999.

Type Title Subject Description Result
LRCA Prop 1 Vacancies Revise filling a vacancy in office of Governor or Lt. Governor Approved
LRCA Prop 2 Regulation Making of advances under a reverse mortgage Approved
LRCA Prop 3 Constitution Eliminate non-essential provisions of the Texas Constitution Approved
LRCA Prop 4 Taxes Exempt property owned by charitable institutions from ad valorem tax Approved
LRCA Prop 5 Labor State employees to receive compensation as member of a district Defeated
LRCA Prop 6 Environment Increase maximum size of an urban homestead to 10 acres Approved
LRCA Prop 7 Labor Authorize garnishment of wages for spousal maintenance Approved
LRCA Prop 8 Admin of gov't Adjutant general serves at pleasure of Governor Defeated
LRCA Prop 9 Judiciary Create Judicial Compensation Commission Defeated
LRCA Prop 10 Admin of gov't Commissioner of Health and Human Services Defeated
LRCA Prop 11 Regulation Political subdivisions purchase nonassessable property insurance Approved
LRCA Prop 12 Transportation Exempt from ad valorem taxation leased motor vehicles Approved
LRCA Prop 13 Education Issuance of $400 million in bonds to finance educational loans Approved
LRCA Prop 14 State Government Odd number on state boards, commissions Approved
LRCA Prop 15 Property Spouses to agree to convert separate property to community property Approved
LRCA Prop 16 Elections Certain counties be divided into a specific number of precincts Approved
LRCA Prop 17 Education Investment and distribution of permanent university fund Approved

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