Posted on 11/07/2007 12:32:04 PM PST by K-oneTexas
Texas passes all Constututional AMendments in Nov. 6th vote. [http://www.590klbj.com/News/Story.aspx?ID=78500]
Texas Secretary of State - 2007 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ELECTION [http://204.65.107.84/nov07_133_state.htm?x=0&y=4481&id=483]
It's offcial. All 16 propositions on the ballot Tuesday have been approved by Texas voters.
Proposition 1 - HJR 103 **PASSED**
"The constitutional amendment providing 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 - SJR 57 **PASSED**
"The constitutional amendment providing 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 - HJR 40 **PASSED**
"The constitutional amendment authorizing 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 - SJR 65 **PASSED**
"The constitutional amendment authorizing 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 - SJR 44 **PASSED**
"The constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to permit the voters of a municipality having a population of less than 10,000 to authorize the governing body of the municipality to enter into an agreement with an owner of real 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 - HJR 54 **PASSED**
"The constitutional amendment authorizing 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 - HJR 30 **PASSED**
"The constitutional amendment to allow 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 - HJR 72 **PASSED**
"The constitutional amendment to clarify certain provisions relating to the making of a home equity loan and use of home equity loan proceeds."
Proposition 9 - SJR 29 **PASSED**
"The constitutional amendment authorizing 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 - HJR 69 **PASSED**
"The constitutional amendment to abolish the constitutional authority for the office of inspector of hides and animals."
Proposition 11 - HJR 19 **PASSED**
"The constitutional amendment to require 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 - SJR 64 **PASSED**
"The constitutional amendment providing 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 - HJR 6 **PASSED**
"The constitutional amendment authorizing 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 - HJR 36 **PASSED**
"The constitutional amendment permitting a justice or judge who reaches the mandatory retirement age while in office to serve the remainder of the justice's or judge's current term."
Proposition 15 - HJR 90 **PASSED**
"The constitutional amendment requiring 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 - SJR 20 **PASSED**
"The constitutional amendment providing 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."
But I don't have children, so why do I have to care that everyone else's children are getting stuck with these bills...????
Not to threadjack, but what happened in Utah, with the state-wide voucher situation? Were the teachers able to defeat the concept, or not? Thanks.......
Note from California:
Damn! Texas is taking a tried and failed path.
And just where are all the people in California, Texas, and around the nation that talk of caring for children, but make them slaves to debt?
NEA won, unfortunately.
It’s not that amazing; these elections are cooked! I know, I live in Texas. I’ve watched in ever growing amazement.
I live in Texas and voted NO for all those that called for a bond. A tax by any other name is still a tax.
Cancer research. All the $$$$ that the Medical Center makes, they don’t need any tax $$$$$
Unfortunately, I knew my vote was wasted in the opposition to many of those “bonds”. I did still vote.
Of all the things Texans have lost, they miss their mind the most! We are about to be known as one of the last great states.
Texas Ping....ducking, please don’t shoot the messenger.
And how is the Constitution helped by having all this crap hung on it? This is a preposterous use of the Constitutional amendment process.
My Wife and I voted NO on all the bond issues. We were in shock this morning reading the results.
Even the $556 million LISD (Leander/Ceder Park) package passed. (9 new scrolls over 10 yrs.)
I guess it’s all tied together.
The state is going to force the TTC on us so, we need to prepare for the population to double in the next 10 yrs.
Wait until my kids find out what they’ll pay for in the future. All thanks to the gullible, uninformed voting public. KISS MY ASS!
Plainview Texas voted to go WET, won by 36 votes. That alone tells you .. things are a changing in TEXAS! ;) ;)
Took my 10 year old Daughter with me to the polling place last night and explained to her why I voted no on the bond issues.
She asked me “dad don’t you care about people with cancer?”
I told her sure I care I just don’t want you to have to pay for research for the rest of your life.
All a bond is as far as I can tell is a tax you pay later.
a-hem???
I blame Bush.
Blonde from Jersey...this happens.
Ditto. I did the same knowing it was a lost cause. Off year elections, when less than 10% of the voters go to the polls, makes the whole state vulnerable to agenda driven opportunists.
I can think of five things most people consider more serious than cancer research. What's next?
I can’t hold the blonde against ya but the Jersey thing well ya know....
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