This election season, Texas voters will consider an assortment of proposed changes to the state Constitution, from bail practices to tax exemptions to water funding. Below, we offer our recommendations.
Establishes an endowment of $850 million for the Texas State Technical College System.
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Prohibits the state from imposing a capital gains tax on realized or unrealized capital gains.
Require judges to deny bail to defendants accused of certain violent offenses.
Creates a revenue source for the Texas Water Fund.
Exempts animal feed held for retail sale from personal property taxes.
Prohibits the state from enacting a securities tax on financial instruments like stocks, bonds or options.
Extends tax benefits to spouses of veterans who died as the result of a condition related to their service.
Bans the imposition of “death taxes” on gifts, inheritances and decedents’ estates.
Raises the dollar amount of inventory and equipment exempt from city, county and school district taxes.
Provides homeowners with a temporary property tax exemption on the appraised value of their homestead if it is destroyed by fire.
Raises the homestead tax exemption for the elderly and disabled.
Changes the composition of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct and alters the authority of the commission and the Texas Supreme Court to sanction judges for misconduct.
Increases the homestead exemption for school property taxes from $100,000 to $140,000.
Establishes and funds the state’s newly formed Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.
Declares that parents are the ultimate decision-makers when it comes to their children’s upbringing.
Emphasizes that people must be U.S. citizens to vote in Texas.
Exempts from taxation the value added by border fencing or related infrastructure installed on private property.