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Voters will decide whether to issue $55 million in bonds to pay for a new Brazos County jail.
Bryan
Voters will decide whether homeowners age 65 and older should have their property tax amount 'frozen.'
Proposed changes to the Texas constitution
• Proposition 1: Provides for the continuation of the constitutional appropriation for facilities and other capital items at Angelo State University on a change in the governance of the university.
• Proposition 2: Provides for the issuance of $500 million in general obligation bonds to finance educational loans to students and authorizing bond enhancement agreements with respect to general obligation bonds issued for that purpose.
• Proposition 3: Authorizes the Legislature to provide that the maximum appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxation is limited to the lesser of the most recent market value of the residence homestead as determined by the appraisal entity or 110 percent, or a greater percentage, of the appraised value of the residence homestead for the preceding tax year.
• Proposition 4: Authorizes the issuance of up to $1 billion in bonds payable from the general revenues of the state for maintenance, improvement, repair and construction projects, and for the purchase of needed equipment.
• Proposition 5: Authorizes the Legislature to permit the voters of a city or town with a population of less than 10,000 to authorize the governing body of the municipality to enter an agreement with an owner of property in or adjacent to an area in the municipality that has been approved for funding under certain programs administered by the Texas Department of Agriculture under which the parties agree that all ad valorem taxes imposed on the owner's property may not be increased for the first five tax years after the tax year in which the agreement is entered into.
• Proposition 6: Authorizes the Legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation one motor vehicle owned by an individual and used in the course of the owner's occupation or profession and also for personal activities of the owner.
• Proposition 7: Allows governmental entities to sell property acquired through eminent domain back to the previous owners at the price the entities paid to acquire the property.
• Proposition 8: Clarifies provisions relating to the making of a home equity loan and use of home equity loan proceeds.
• Proposition 9: Authorizes the Legislature to exempt all or part of the residence homesteads of certain totally disabled veterans from ad valorem taxation and authorizing a change in the manner of determining the amount of the existing exemption from ad valorem taxation to which a disabled veteran is entitled.
• Proposition 10: Abolishes the constitutional authority for the office of inspector of hides and animals.
• Proposition 11: Requires that a record vote be taken by a house of the Legislature on final passage of any bill, other than certain local bills, of a resolution proposing or ratifying a constitutional amendment, or of any other nonceremonial resolution, and to provide for public access on the Internet to those record votes.
• Proposition 12: Provides for the issuance of general obligation bonds by the Texas Transportation Commission in an amount not to exceed $5 billion to provide funding for highway improvement projects.
• Proposition 13: Authorizes the denial of bail to a person who violates certain court orders or conditions of release in a felony or family violence case.
• Proposition 14: Permits a justice or judge who reaches the mandatory retirement age while in office to complete the current term.
• Proposition 15: Requires the creation of the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas and authorizing the issuance of up to $3 billion in bonds payable from the general revenues of the state for research in Texas to find the causes of and cures for cancer.
• Proposition 16: Provides for the issuance of additional general obligation bonds by the Texas Water Development Board in an amount not to exceed $250 million to provide assistance to economically distressed areas.
