Texas Proposition 8, Bonds for State Construction Projects Amendment (2001)

Texas Proposition 8
Election date November 6, 2001
Topic Bond issues and Public works
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Texas Proposition 8 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Texas on November 6, 2001. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported authorizing the Texas Public Finance Authority to issue $850 million in bonds for construction and repair projects.

A "no" vote opposed authorizing the Texas Public Finance Authority to issue $850 million in bonds for construction and repair projects.

Election results

Texas Proposition 8
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		509,148	62.52%
No		305,265	37.48%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 8 was as follows:

“

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds for construction and repair projects and for the purchase of needed equipment.

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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 House Joint Resolution 97 during the 77th regular legislative session in 2001.

See also

2001 Measures

• 2001 Measures
• Public works on the ballot
• Bond issues 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