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Texas Association of Builders
September/October 2015
Feature
TAB Recommends VOTE YES
"The constitutional amendment increasing
the amount of the residence homestead
exemption from ad valorem taxation for
public school purposes from $15,000
to $25,000, providing for a reduction of
the limitation on the total amount of ad
valorem taxes that may be imposed for
those purposes on the homestead of an
elderly or disabled person to reflect the
increased exemption amount, authorizing
the legislature to prohibit a political
subdivision that has adopted an optional
residence homestead exemption from
ad valorem taxativon from reducing the
amount of or repealing the exemption,
and prohibiting the enactment of a
law that imposes a transfer tax on a
transaction that conveys fee simple title
to real property."
Voter Guide:
Take this with you to the polls
The Proposed Constitutional Amendments Election will take place on
Tuesday, November 3, 2015
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There will be seven constitutional amendment propositions on the ballot.
For a complete list of all propositions that will be on the ballot, or for early voting dates,
visi
UPCOMING ELECTION DATES:
• November 3, 2015 –
Constitutional Amendment Election
• March 1, 2016 –
Primary Election
• November 8, 2016 –
General Election
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PROPOSITION 1 (SJR 1)
TAB Recommends VOTE YES
"The constitutional amendment authorizing
the legislature to provide for an exemption
from ad valorem taxation of all or part
of the market value of the residence
homestead of the surviving spouse of a
100 percent or totally disabled veteran
who died before the law authorizing a
residence homestead exemption for such a
veteran took effect."
PROPOSITION 2 (HJR 75)
"The constitutional amendment repealing
the requirement that state officers
elected by voters statewide reside in the
state capital."
PROPOSITION 3 (SJR 52)
"The constitutional amendment
authorizing the legislature to permit
professional sports team charitable
foundations to conduct charitable raffles."
PROPOSITION 4 (HJR 73)
"The constitutional amendment to
authorize counties with a population
of 7,500 or less to perform private road
construction and maintenance."
PROPOSITION 5 (SJR 17)
"The constitutional amendment
recognizing the right of the people to
hunt, fish, and harvest wildlife subject to
laws that promote wildlife conservation."
PROPOSITION 6 (SJR 22)
TAB Recommends VOTE YES
"The constitutional amendment dedicating
certain sales and use tax revenue and
motor vehicle sales, use, and rental tax
revenue to the state highway fund to
provide funding for nontolled roads and
the reduction of certain transportation-
related debt."
PROPOSITION 7 (SJR 5)
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