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Texas Proposition 3, Road Tax Amendment (1908)
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| Topic County and municipal governance and Taxes |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Texas Proposition 3 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Texas on November 3, 1908. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported allowing voters in counties and other political subdivisions to approve road and bridge taxes up to $0.30 per $100 valuation or to issue bonds for roads and bridges for up to 20% of the total assessed value of real property. |
A "no" vote opposed allowing voters in counties and other political subdivisions to approve road and bridge taxes up to $0.30 per $100 valuation or to issue bonds for roads and bridges for up to 20% of the total assessed value of real property. |
Election results
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 24,539 | 29.91% | ||
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57,493 | 70.09% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Proposition 3 was as follows:
| “ | Proposing an amendment to Section 9, Article 8, of the Constitution of the State of Texas, increasing the amount of tax that may be voted for the purpose of improving public roads, and allowing counties or political subdivisions of counties by a majority vote of the qualified property tax paying voters of the county, or subdivision thereof, voting at all elections to be held for that purpose, to adopt same. | ” |
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 18 during the 30th regular legislative session in 1908.[1]
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Footnotes
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