Texas Proposition 3, Food and Fiber Production Amendment (1983)

Texas Proposition 3
Election date November 8, 1983
Topic Agriculture policy and Business regulations
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Texas Proposition 3 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Texas on November 8, 1983. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported the amendment to allow agricultural producer associations to conduct refundable assessments on their product sales for the purpose of research, marketing, and educational programs relating to the product.

A "no" vote opposed the amendment to allow agricultural producer associations to conduct refundable assessments on their product sales for the purpose of research, marketing, and educational programs relating to the product.

Election results

Texas Proposition 3
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		463,357	64.46%
No		255,468	35.54%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 3 was as follows:

“

Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the associations of producers of agricultural commodities.

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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 1 during the 1st called legislative session in 1983.

See also

1983 Measures

• 1983 Measures
• Agriculture policy on the ballot
• Business regulations on the ballot
• 1983 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