Texas Proposition 10, School Taxes Following Boundary Changes Amendment (1966)

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Texas Proposition 10

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Election date

November 8, 1966

Topic
Bond issues and Taxes
Status

ApprovedApproved

Type
Legislatively referred constitutional amendment 		Origin

State legislature


Texas Proposition 10 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 for school taxes previously voted on in any independent school district not be invalidated by boundary changes and that the levy of taxes may continue without additional election.

A "no" vote opposed the amendment to provide for school taxes previously voted on in any independent school district not be invalidated by boundary changes and that the levy of taxes may continue without additional election.


Election results

Texas Proposition 10

Result Votes Percentage

Approved Yes

668,714 65.27%
No 355,875 34.73%
Results are officially certified.
Source


Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 10 was as follows:

“Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Texas providing that school taxes theretofore voted in any independent school district or in any junior college district shall not be abrogated, cancelled or invalidated by such change; authorizing the levy of taxes after such change without further election in the district as changed; providing an exception in the case of the annexation or consolidation of whole districts.”

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

See also

1966 Measures

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Legislative Reference Library of Texas, "Constitutional amendment election dates," accessed June 1, 2023
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