Texas Proposition 13, Donation of School District Property Amendment (2001)

Texas Proposition 13
Election date November 6, 2001
Topic Education and Property
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Texas Proposition 13 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Texas on November 6, 2001. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported authorizing school district boards of trustees to donate a defunct campus property for preservation purposes.

A "no" vote opposed authorizing school district boards of trustees to donate a defunct campus property for preservation purposes.

Election results

Texas Proposition 13
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		658,463	80.45%
No		160,048	19.55%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 13 was as follows:

“

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to authorize the board of trustees of an independent school district to donate certain surplus district property of historical significance in order to preserve the property.

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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 2 during the 77th regular legislative session in 2001.

See also

2001 Measures

• 2001 Measures
• Education on the ballot
• Property on the ballot
• 2001 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