Texas Proposition 1, Taxation of Agricultural Lands Amendment (1966)

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Texas Proposition 1

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Election date

November 8, 1966

Topic
Agriculture policy and Taxes
Status

ApprovedApproved

Type
Legislatively referred constitutional amendment
Origin

State legislature



Texas Proposition 1 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Texas on November 8, 1966. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported the amendment to provide that land owned by natural persons designated for agricultural usage be assessed for all tax purposed on the consideration of factors relating to that agricultural usage.

A "no" vote opposed the amendment to provide that land owned by natural persons designated for agricultural usage be assessed for all tax purposed on the consideration of factors relating to that agricultural usage.


Election results

Texas Proposition 1

Result Votes Percentage

Approved Yes

587,504 53.49%
No 510,769 46.51%
Results are officially certified.
Source


Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 1 was as follows:

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Texas to provide that all land owned by natural persons designated for agricultural use shall be assessed for all tax purposes on the consideration of only those factors relative to such agricultural use.

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 79 during the 59th regular legislative session in 1965.[1]

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