Texas Proposition 13, Property Tax Freeze for Disabled and Elderly Amendment (September 2003)

Texas Proposition 13
Election date September 13, 2003
Topic Taxes
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Texas Proposition 13 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Texas on September 13, 2003. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported allowing county, city, town, and junior college districts to freeze property tax on residential homesteads for people who are disabled or aged 65 or older.

A "no" vote opposed allowing county, city, town, and junior college districts to freeze property tax on residential homesteads for people who are disabled or aged 65 or older.

Election results

Texas Proposition 13
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		1,125,947	81.00%
No		264,069	19.00%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 13 was as follows:

“

Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize a county, a city or town, or a junior college district to establish an ad valorem tax freeze on residence homesteads of the disabled and of the elderly and their spouses.

”

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Texas Constitution

A two-thirds vote was needed in each chamber of the Texas State Legislature to refer the constitutional amendment to the ballot for voter consideration.

The constitutional amendment was introduced into the Texas State Legislature as House Joint Resolution 16 during the 78th regular legislative session in 2003.

See also

2003 Measures

• 2003 Measures
• Taxes on the ballot
• 2003 legislative sessions

Texas

• Texas ballot measures
• Texas ballot measure laws

News and analysis

• Ballot measure lawsuits
• Ballot measure readability
• Ballot measure polls

External links

• Legislative Reference Library of Texas, Constitutional Amendments