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Texas Proposition 8, County Office of Constable Amendment (1995)

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Texas Proposition 8

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Election date

November 7, 1995

Topic
Law enforcement officers and departments andLocal official term limits
Status

ApprovedApproved

Type
Legislatively referred constitutional amendment		Origin

State legislature


Texas Proposition 8 was on theballot as alegislatively referred constitutional amendment inTexas onNovember 7, 1995. It wasapproved.

A"yes" votesupported abolishing the office of constable in Mills, Reagan, and Roberts counties.

A"no" voteopposed abolishing the office of constable in Mills, Reagan, and Roberts counties.


Election results

Texas Proposition 8

ResultVotesPercentage

ApprovedYes

521,93376.62%
No159,23323.38%
Results are officially certified.
Source


Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 8 was as follows:

“

Proposing a constitutional amendment to abolish the office of constable in Mills, Reagan, and Roberts counties.

”

Full Text

The full text of this measure is availablehere.


Path to the ballot

See also:Amending the Texas Constitution

Atwo-thirds vote was needed in each chamber of theTexas 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 80 during the 74th regular legislative session in 1995.[1]

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Footnotes

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