Election Proclamation Announcing The Results Of The Recent Constitutional Amendment Referenda Electi
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME:
WHEREAS, seven proposed amendments to the Constitution of Texas were voted on in the Constitutional Amendment Election held on November 3, 2015; and
WHEREAS, on the 30th day of November, 2015, I, Greg Abbott, Governor of the State of Texas, did certify the tabulation prepared by the Secretary of State; and
WHEREAS, the tabulation and total of the votes cast for and against each proposed amendment established that the voters of the State of Texas adopted the following seven proposed amendments by a majority vote, to wit:
PROPOSITION No. 1, as submitted by Senate Joint Resolution No. 1, 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 taxation 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.
PROPOSITION No. 2, as submitted by House Joint Resolution No. 75, 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 No. 3, as submitted by Senate Joint Resolution No. 52, repealing the requirement that state officers elected by voters statewide reside in the state capital.
PROPOSITION No. 4, as submitted by House Joint Resolution No. 73, authorizing the legislature to permit professional sports team charitable foundations to conduct charitable raffles.
PROPOSITION No. 5, as submitted by Senate Joint Resolution No. 17, to authorize counties with a population of 7,500 or less to perform private road construction and maintenance.
PROPOSITION No. 6, as submitted by Senate Joint Resolution No. 22, recognizing the right of the people to hunt, fish, and harvest wildlife subject to laws that promote wildlife conservation.
GREG ABBOTT
Governor of Texas
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