Texas Proposition 14, Tax Exemptions for Veterans Amendment (1995)

Texas Proposition 14
Election date November 7, 1995
Topic Taxes and Veterans policy
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Texas Proposition 14 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Texas on November 7, 1995. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported increasing exemption limits for property owned by disabled veterans or by the surviving spouses or minor children of disabled veterans from ad valorem taxes.

A "no" vote opposed increasing exemption limits for property owned by disabled veterans or by the surviving spouses or minor children of disabled veterans from ad valorem taxes.

Election results

Texas Proposition 14
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		490,199	69.27%
No		217,443	30.73%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 14 was as follows:

“

Proposing a constitutional amendment to raise the limits of the exemption from ad valorem taxation of property owned by disabled veterans or by the surviving spouses and surviving minor children of disabled veterans.

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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 68 during the 74th regular legislative session in 1995.

See also

1995 Measures

• 1995 Measures
• Taxes on the ballot
• Veterans policy on the ballot
• 1995 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