Texas Proposition 9, Tax Exemptions for Disabled Veterans Amendment (2007)
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| Topic Taxes and Veterans policy |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Texas Proposition 9 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Texas on November 6, 2007. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported providing tax exemptions on residence homesteads for certain totally disabled veterans from ad valorem taxation and revisions current tax exemption calculations. |
A "no" vote opposed providing tax exemptions on residence homesteads for certain totally disabled veterans from ad valorem taxation and revisions current tax exemption calculations. |
Election results
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Texas Proposition 9 |
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932,418 | 86.20% | ||
| No | 149,275 | 13.80% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Proposition 9 was as follows:
| “ | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt all or part of the residence homesteads of certain totally disabled veterans from ad valorem taxation and authorizing a change in the manner of determining the amount of the existing exemption from ad valorem taxation to which a disabled veteran is entitled. | ” |
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 29 during the 80th regular legislative session in 2007.[1]
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Footnotes
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