Your feedback ensures we stay focused on the facts that matter to you most—take our survey.
Texas Proposition 3, Tax Exemptions for Homesteads Amendment (August 1933)
| Texas Proposition 3 | |
|---|---|
|
|
|
| Election date |
|
| Topic Taxes |
|
| Status |
|
| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Texas Proposition 3 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Texas on August 26, 1933. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported providing a tax exemption on $3,000 of all homesteads, except for a portion of state ad valorem taxes remitted within certain counties and political subdivisions. |
A "no" vote opposed providing a tax exemption on $3,000 of all homesteads, except for a portion of state ad valorem taxes remitted within certain counties and political subdivisions. |
Election results
|
Texas Proposition 3 |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
|
|
410,442 | 83.73% | ||
| No | 79,754 | 16.27% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Proposition 3 was as follows:
| “ | Proposing an amendment to Section 1-a, Article VIII, of the Constitution of the State of Texas, exempting three thousand dollars ($3,000) of the assessed value of all residence homesteads, as now defined by law, from all taxatoin for all State purposes, excepting, until the expiration of such remission period, or the need of such remission, that portion of the State ad valorem taxes remitted within certain counties and political subdivisions now receiving a remission of such taxes. | ” |
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 32 during the 43rd regular legislative session in 1933.[1]
See also
External links
Footnotes
 |
State of Texas Austin (capital) |
|---|---|
| Elections |
What's on my ballot? | Elections in 2025 | How to vote | How to run for office | Ballot measures |
| Government |
Who represents me? | U.S. President | U.S. Congress | Federal courts | State executives | State legislature | State and local courts | Counties | Cities | School districts | Public policy |
