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Texas Exclude Property Tax Payments to School Districts from Appropriations Limit Amendment (2023)
| Texas Exclude Property Tax Payments to School Districts from Appropriations Limit Amendment | |
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| Election date November 7, 2023 | |
| Topic Taxes and State and local government budgets, spending and finance | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
The Texas Exclude Property Tax Payments to School Districts from Appropriations Limit Amendment was not on the ballot in Texas as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 7, 2023.[1]
The amendment would have excluded funds allocated by the state legislature to pay for property tax cuts to school districts from the constitutional appropriations limit.[2]
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- See also: Amending the Texas Constitution
To put a legislatively referred constitutional amendment before voters, a two-thirds supermajority vote is required in both the Texas State Senate and the Texas House of Representatives.
This amendment was introduced as House Joint Resolution 1 on May 30, 2023. On May 30, 2023. The same day the House passed HJR 1 by a vote of 143-0 with six absent. It did not receive a vote in the Senate.[1]
| Vote in the Texas House of Representatives | |||
| Requirement: Two-thirds (66.67 percent) vote of all members in each chamber | |||
Number of yes votes required: 100  | |||
| Yes | No | Not voting | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 143 | 0 | 6 |
| Total percent | 96.0% | 0.0% | 4.0% |
| Democrat | 60 | 0 | 4 |
| Republican | 83 | 0 | 2 |
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