Texas Property Tax Freeze for Surviving Spouse of Disabled Person Amendment (2019)
| Texas Property Tax Freeze for Surviving Spouse of Disabled Person Amendment | |
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| Election date November 5, 2019 | |
| Topic Taxes and Property | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
The Texas Property Tax Freeze for Surviving Spouse of Disabled Person Amendment was not on the ballot in Texas as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 5, 2019.
The ballot measure would have frozen the school tax on properties for surviving spouses of disabled persons who died after January 1, 2013, and were 55 years of age or older, as long as the survivor continued to live in the residence homestead of the deceased person.[1]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title would have been:[1]
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The constitutional amendment to allow the surviving spouse of a person who is disabled to receive a limitation on the school district ad valorem taxes on the spouse ’s residence homestead if the spouse is 55 years of age or older at the time of the person ’s death.[2] |
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Constitutional changes
- See also: Article 8, Texas Constitution
The measure would have amended Section 1-b(d) of Article 8 of the Texas Constitution.[1]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Texas Constitution
In Texas, a two-thirds vote is needed in each chamber of the Texas State Legislature to refer a constitutional amendment to the ballot for voter consideration.
The constitutional amendment was introduced into the state legislature as Senate Joint Resolution 67 (SJR 67) on March 7, 2019.[3]
On May 8, 2019, the Texas State Senate approved SJR 67 in a unanimous vote. The constitutional amendment did not receive a vote in the state House.[3]
| Vote in the Texas State Senate | |||
| Requirement: Two-thirds (66.67 percent) vote of all members in each chamber | |||
Number of yes votes required: 21  | |||
| Yes | No | Not voting | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| Total percent | 100.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Democrat | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 19 | 0 | 0 |
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Texas State Legislature, "SJR 67," accessed May 13, 2019
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Texas State Legislature, "SJR 67 Overview," accessed April 17, 2019
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