Texas Proposition 1, Property Taxes for the Elderly or Disabled Amendment (May 2007)

Texas Proposition 1
Election date May 12, 2007
Topic Taxes
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Texas Proposition 1 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Texas on May 12, 2007. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported reducing the school property tax freeze amounts on homesteads of the elderly or disabled, similar to tax reductions in 2006.

A "no" vote opposed reducing the school property tax freeze amounts on homesteads of the elderly or disabled, similar to tax reductions in 2006.

Election results

Texas Proposition 1
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		815,596	87.74%
No		113,983	12.26%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 1 was as follows:

“

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for a reduction of the limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed for public school purposes on the residence homesteads of the elderly or disabled to reflect any reduction in the rate of those taxes for the 2006 and 2007 tax years

”

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 Senate Joint Resolution 13 during the 80th regular legislative session in 2007.

See also

2007 Measures

• 2007 Measures
• Taxes on the ballot
• 2007 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