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Bexar County, Texas, Proposition A, Increase Hotel Occupancy Tax to Fund Coliseum Complex Venue Project Measure (November 2025)
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| Topic County tax and Local hotel tax |
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Bexar County Proposition A is on the ballot as a referral in Bexar County on November 4, 2025.
A "yes" vote supports authorizing the county to increase the county hotel occupancy tax to a maximum rate of 2%, for a combined rate of 17%, and use revenue from the county hotel tax and the county's short-term motor vehicle rental tax (5%) to fund the Coliseum Complex Venue Project. |
A "no" vote opposes authorizing the county to increase the county hotel occupancy tax to a maximum rate of 2%, for a combined rate of 17%, and use revenue from the county hotel tax and the county's short-term motor vehicle rental tax (5%) to fund the Coliseum Complex Venue Project. |
A simple majority vote was required to approve the measure.
Election results
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Bexar County Proposition A |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| No | 0 | 0.00% | ||
Measure design
- See also: Text of measure
Proposition A was designed to fund $191.8 million worth of upgrades to the Frost Bank Center, Freeman Coliseum, and the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo Grounds by increasing the hotel occupancy tax to the maximum rate of 2% and dedicating revenue from the short-term motor vehicle rental tax at a maximum rate of five percent (5%) to fund it.
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Proposition A is as follows:
| “ | THIS IS A TAX INCREASE. Authorizing Bexar County, Texas to provide for the planning, acquisition, establishment, development, construction, renovation, and financing of the Freeman Coliseum, Frost Bank Center, and other San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo facilities (together, the “Coliseum Complex Venue Project”), and related infrastructure, a venue project of the type described in and as authorized by Chapter 334, Texas Local Government Code, as amended (the “Act”) and as designated and described by the County's resolution dated June 10, 2025 (the “Resolution”); and (i) to increase the County hotel occupancy tax to a maximum rate of two percent (2%) for the purpose of financing the Coliseum Complex Venue Project, pursuant to Subchapter H of the Act, and if approved, the maximum hotel occupancy tax rate imposed from all sources in Bexar County would be 17.00% of the price paid for a room in a hotel; and (ii) to authorize the use of the existing County short-term motor vehicle rental tax at a maximum rate of five percent (5%) on the gross rental receipts from the rental of motor vehicles in Bexar County, pursuant to Subchapter E of the Act, for the purpose of financing the Coliseum Complex Venue Project and approving the Resolution. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
This measure was put on the ballot through a vote of the governing body of Bexar County.
How to cast a vote
- See also: Voting in Texas
See below to learn more about current voter registration rules, identification requirements, and poll times in Texas.
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ VoteTexas.gov, "Who, What, Where, When, How," accessed February 27, 2023
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, “Request for Voter Registration Applications,” accessed February 27, 2023
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, “Voter Registration,” accessed February 27, 2023
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 NCSL, "State Profiles: Elections," accessed July 28, 2024
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Request for Voter Registration Applications," accessed July 28, 2024
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Texas Constitution and Statutes, “Election Code,” accessed February 23, 2023
- ↑ The Texas Tribune, “Texas officials flag tens of thousands of voters for citizenship checks,” January 25, 2019
- ↑ The New York Times, “Federal Judge Halts ‘Ham-Handed’ Texas Voter Purge,” February 28, 2019
- ↑ The New York Times, “Texas Ends Review That Questioned Citizenship of Almost 100,000 Voters,” April 26, 2019
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, “Secretary Whitley Announces Settlement In Litigation On Voter Registration List Maintenance Activity,” April 26, 2019
- ↑ Under federal law, the national mail voter registration application (a version of which is in use in all states with voter registration systems) requires applicants to indicate that they are U.S. citizens in order to complete an application to vote in state or federal elections, but does not require voters to provide documentary proof of citizenship. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the application "may require only the minimum amount of information necessary to prevent duplicate voter registrations and permit State officials both to determine the eligibility of the applicant to vote and to administer the voting process."
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 Texas Secretary of State, "Required Identification for Voting in Person," accessed February 27, 2023 Cite error: Invalid
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