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History for 78(R) SJR 1 by Shapiro

Last Action:
05/07/2003 H Referred to Ways & Means
Council Document:
78R 14272 ESH-D
Caption Version:
Engrossed
Caption Text:
Proposing a constitutional amendment to provide financial support for public education by creating the Texas education fund, imposing a state property tax, increasing the state general sales and use tax rate, expanding the general sales and use tax base to include certain services, increasing the state motor vehicle sales and use tax rate, abolishing the school district property tax for maintenance and operations purposes, dedicating the proceeds of any state lottery to public education, authorizing a school district property tax for the purpose of educational enrichment, and repealing the restriction on the legislature's authority to limit annual increases in the appraised value of residence homesteads for ad valorem tax purposes.
Author:
Shapiro
Coauthor:
Armbrister | Averitt | Barrientos | Bivins | Brimer | Carona | Deuell | Duncan | Ellis, Rodney | Estes | Fraser | Gallegos | Harris | Hinojosa | Jackson | Janek | Lindsay | Lucio | Madla | Nelson | Ogden | Ratliff | Shapleigh | Staples | Van de Putte | Wentworth | West | Whitmire | Williams | Zaffirini
Subjects:
Education--Junior College Districts (I0225)
Education--Primary & Secondary--Finance (I0250)
Taxation--Property-Miscellaneous (I0797)
Taxation--Sales (I0800)
Taxation--School District (I0785)
Taxation--State (I0790)
BONDS (S6060)
PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND (S0407)
TEXAS EDUCATION FUND (S0620)
Senate Committee:
Committee of the Whole Senate
Senate Committee Status:
Out of committee
Senate Committee Vote:
Ayes=30   Nays=0   Present Not Voting=0   Absent=2
House Committee:
Ways & Means
House Committee Status:
In committee
Actions are in descending date order.
Description Comment DateSort descending       Time       Journal Page
H   Referred to Ways & Means      05/07/2003     2652
H   Read first time      05/07/2003     2652
H   Received from the Senate      05/07/2003     2654
S   Reported engrossed      05/06/2003    
S   Record vote      05/06/2003     1397
S   Passed      05/06/2003     1397
S   Read 3rd time      05/06/2003     1397
S   Record vote      05/06/2003     1397
S   Three day rule suspended      05/06/2003     1397
S   Passed to engrossment as amended      05/06/2003     1397
S   Laid out as postponed business      05/06/2003     1397
S   Postponed      05/06/2003     1381
S   Amendment withdrawn   FA9 Shapiro   05/06/2003     1381
S   Amendment(s) offered   FA9 Shapiro   05/06/2003     1381
S   Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal      05/06/2003     1381
S   Amended   FA8 Janek   05/06/2003     1381
S   Amended   FA5 Janek   05/06/2003     1380
S   Amendment withdrawn   FA4 Janek   05/06/2003     1380
S   Amendment(s) offered   FA4 Janek   05/06/2003     1379
S   Amended   FA3 Shapiro   05/06/2003     1379
S   Record vote      05/06/2003     1378
S   Amendment fails of adoption   FA2 Shapleigh   05/06/2003     1378
S   Record vote      05/06/2003     1378
S   Amendment adopted as amended   FA1 Staples   05/06/2003     1378
S   Amendment amended   FA1a Wentworth   05/06/2003     1377
S   Amendment(s) offered   FA1 Staples   05/06/2003     1377
S   Read 2nd time      05/06/2003     1377
S   Rules suspended      05/06/2003     1377
S   Placed on intent calendar      05/05/2003    
S   Committee report printed and distributed       05/02/2003   02:57 PM 
S   Reported favorably as substituted      05/02/2003     1275
S   Testimony taken in committee      05/02/2003    
S   Considered in public hearing      05/02/2003    
S   Scheduled for public hearing on . . . . .      05/02/2003    
S   Posting rule suspended      05/01/2003     1265
S   Referred to Committee of the Whole      05/01/2003     1262
S   Read first time      05/01/2003     1262
S   Record vote      05/01/2003     1246
S   Permission to introduce      05/01/2003     1246
S   Received by the Secretary of the Senate      04/30/2003