Texas Payment Of Medical Bills For Law Enforcement, Proposition 4 (1967)

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The Texas Payment of Medical Bills for Law Enforcement Amendment, also known as Proposition 4, was on the November 11, 1967 ballot in Texas as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved. The measure authorized counties to pay the medical bills for law enforcement officials injured in the course of their duties.^[1][2]

Election results[edit]

Texas Proposition 4 (1967)
Result		Votes	Percentage
a Yes		178,864	65.38%
No		94,712	34.62%

Election results via: Legislative Reference Library of Texas

Text of measure[edit]

The text of the measure can be read here.

Constitutional changes[edit]

Prop 4 added Section 52-e to Article 3 of the Texas Constitution.

Path to the ballot[edit]

See also: Laws governing direct democracy in Texas

As laid out in Article 17 of the Texas Constitution, in order for a proposed constitutional amendment to be placed on the ballot, the Texas State Legislature must propose the amendment in a joint resolution of both the Texas State Senate and the Texas House of Representatives. The joint resolution can originate in either the House or the Senate. The resolution must be adopted by a vote of at least two-thirds of the membership of each house of the legislature. That amounts to a minimum of 100 votes in the House of Representatives and 21 votes in the Senate.

See also[edit]

Suggest a link

• Texas 1967 ballot measures
• 1967 ballot measures
• List of Texas ballot measures
• History of direct democracy in Texas

External links[edit]

• Legislative Reference Library of Texas
• Proposition 4

Footnotes[edit]

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