Constitutional amendments search results
25 amendment(s) found [ Election date: November 3, 1987 ]
Session | Bill | Prop. | Topic | Outcome |
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70th R.S. | HJR 104 | 1 | The constitutional amendment to provide for the surety of a grain warehouse fund to be established by the grain industry for the protection of farmers and depositors of grain in public warehouse facilities. | Adopted |
70th R.S. | HJR 60 | 2 | The constitutional amendment to raise the maximum property tax rate that may be adopted by certain rural fire prevention districts, but only if approved by the districts' residents. | Defeated |
70th R.S. | HJR 48 | 3 | The constitutional amendment to limit school tax increases on the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of an elderly person if the surviving spouse is at least 55 years of age. | Adopted |
70th R.S. | HJR 5 | 4 | The constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide assistance to encourage economic development in the state. | Adopted |
70th R.S. | HJR 65 | 5 | The constitutional amendment authorizing agreements between the State Department of Highways and Public Transportation and the Texas Turnpike Authority and the governing bodies of counties with a population of more that 40,000, adjoining counties, and cities and districts located in those counties to aid turnpikes, toll roads and toll bridges by guaranteeing bonds issued by the Texas Turnpike Authority. | Defeated |
70th R.S. | HJR 4 | 6 | The constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for state financing of the development and production of Texas products and businesses. | Defeated |
70th R.S. | SJR 55 | 7 | The constitutional amendment providing for the issuance of general obligation bonds to finance certain local public facilities. | Defeated |
70th R.S. | SJR 56 | 8 | The constitutional amendment authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds for projects relating to corrections institutions and mental health and mental retardation facilities. | Adopted |
70th R.S. | SJR 9 | 9 | The constitutional amendment to provide that a member of the legislature is eligible to be elected or appointed to serve in a different state office but may not receive an increase in compensation granted to that office during the legislative term to which he was elected. | Defeated |
70th R.S. | SJR 12 | 10 | The constitutional amendment providing for the exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain property that is located in the state for only a temporary period of time. | Defeated |
70th R.S. | SJR 12 | 11 | The constitutional amendment to allow the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation certain personal property not held or used for the production of income. | Adopted |
70th R.S. | SJR 35 | 12 | The constitutional amendment permitting spouses to hold community property with right of survivorship. | Adopted |
70th R.S. | SJR 27 | 13 | The constitutional amendment to allow for the creation and establishment, by law, of special districts to provide emergency services. | Adopted |
70th R.S. | SJR 34 | 14 | The constitutional amendment giving the state a limited right to appeal in criminal cases. | Adopted |
70th R.S. | HJR 35 | 15 | The constitutional amendment to provide for the abolition of the office of county treasurer in Gregg, Fayette, and Nueces counties. | Adopted |
70th 2nd C.S. | SJR 6 | 16 | The constitutional amendment providing that certain justice of the peace precincts may contain more than one justice of the peace court. | Adopted |
70th R.S. | SJR 26 | 17 | The constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to define for all purposes the governmental and proprietary functions of a municipality. | Adopted |
70th R.S. | HJR 18 | 18 | The constitutional amendment relating to the creation, operation, and financing of jail districts. | Adopted |
70th R.S. | HJR 88 | 19 | The constitutional amendment authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds to fund undertakings related to a superconducting super collider research facility sponsored or authorized by the United States government, and to make appropriate grants for such undertakings. | Adopted |
70th R.S. | HJR 96 | 20 | The constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to provide ad valorem tax relief for certain offshore drilling equipment that is not in use. | Adopted |
70th R.S. | SJR 17 | 21 | The constitutional amendment permitting the legislature to include the speaker of the house of representatives or the speaker's appointee in the membership of an executive agency or committee. | Defeated |
70th R.S. | SJR 53 | 22 | The constitutional amendment to allow the legislature to limit the authority of a governor to fill vacancies in state and district offices during the end of the governor's term if the governor is not reelected. | Adopted |
70th R.S. | SJR 54 | 23 | The constitutional amendment to authorize the issuance of an additional $400 million of Texas Water Development Bonds for water supply, water quality, and flood control purposes. | Adopted |
70th R.S. | HJR 83 | 24 | The constitutional amendment to permit a county to perform work, without compensation, for another governmental entity. | Defeated |
70th 2nd C.S. | SJR 5 | 25 | The constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to permit the Amarillo Hospital District to serve certain residents of Randall County, to authorize Randall County to provide financial assistance to the district, and to authorize certain hospital districts to change their boundaries or jurisdiction with voter approval. | Adopted |
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