Proposition Prop. 12 - The constitutional amendment to eliminate obsolete, archaic, redundant, and unnecessary provisions and to clarify, update, and harmonize certain provisions of the Texas Constitution.
Outcome: Adopted
Election date: 11/06/2001
Votes for: 619,945
Votes against: 189,541
Enabling legislation No enabling legislation required.
Articles affected
Article 3 :
Amends
§25
Repeals §26a Amends
§28
Amends
§56
Amends
§59
Amends
§60
Article 5 :
Amends
§1-a
(1) and (2) Amends
§2
Amends
§3
Repeals §3a Amends
§4
Adds
§5a
Adds
§5b
Amends
§6
Amends
§11
Amends
§13
Adds
§14
Amends
§17
Amends
§18
(e), (f) and (g) Repeals §27 Amends
§28
Amends
§29
Article 6 :
Amends
§1
Amends
§2
Article 7 :
Repeals §4A Amends
§6
Article 8 :
Amends
§1-a
Amends
§14
Repeals §16 Repeals §16a
Article 11 :
Amends
§7
Amends
§11
Article 16 :
Amends
§1
Amends
§2
Amends
§11
Repeals §19 Repeals §22 Amends
§23
Repeals §43 Repeals §56 Repeals §65A
Analyses of proposed amendments:
House Research Organization Amendments Proposed for the November 6, 2001 election.
Texas Legislative Council Analyses of Proposed Constitutional Amendments for the November 6, 2001 election.
Effective dates
Unless otherwise specified, an amendment takes effect as part of the constitution on the date of the official canvass of election returns showing adoption of the amendment.
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