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Bill:  SJR 1 
Legislative Session: 78(R) Council Document: 78R 14272 ESH-D
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Last Action:05/07/2003 H Referred to Ways & Means
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
Status:Out of committee
Vote:Ayes=30   Nays=0   Present Not Voting=0   Absent=2
House Committee:Ways & Means
Status:In committee
Actions: (descending date order)
Description Comment Date       Time       Journal Page
 Referred to Ways & Means      05/07/2003     2652
 Read first time      05/07/2003     2652
 Received from the Senate      05/07/2003     2654
 Reported engrossed      05/06/2003    
 Record vote      05/06/2003     1397
 Passed      05/06/2003     1397
 Read 3rd time      05/06/2003     1397
 Record vote      05/06/2003     1397
 Three day rule suspended      05/06/2003     1397
 Passed to engrossment as amended      05/06/2003     1397
 Laid out as postponed business      05/06/2003     1397
 Postponed      05/06/2003     1381
 Amendment withdrawn   FA9 Shapiro   05/06/2003     1381
 Amendment(s) offered   FA9 Shapiro   05/06/2003     1381
 Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal      05/06/2003     1381
 Amended   FA8 Janek   05/06/2003     1381
 Amended   FA5 Janek   05/06/2003     1380
 Amendment withdrawn   FA4 Janek   05/06/2003     1380
 Amendment(s) offered   FA4 Janek   05/06/2003     1379
 Amended   FA3 Shapiro   05/06/2003     1379
 Record vote      05/06/2003     1378
 Amendment fails of adoption   FA2 Shapleigh   05/06/2003     1378
 Record vote      05/06/2003     1378
 Amendment adopted as amended   FA1 Staples   05/06/2003     1378
 Amendment amended   FA1a Wentworth   05/06/2003     1377
 Amendment(s) offered   FA1 Staples   05/06/2003     1377
 Read 2nd time      05/06/2003     1377
 Rules suspended      05/06/2003     1377
 Placed on intent calendar      05/05/2003    
 Committee report printed and distributed       05/02/2003   02:57 PM 
 Reported favorably as substituted      05/02/2003     1275
 Testimony taken in committee      05/02/2003    
 Considered in public hearing      05/02/2003    
 Scheduled for public hearing on . . . . .      05/02/2003    
 Posting rule suspended      05/01/2003     1265
 Referred to Committee of the Whole      05/01/2003     1262
 Read first time      05/01/2003     1262
 Record vote      05/01/2003     1246
 Permission to introduce      05/01/2003     1246
 Received by the Secretary of the Senate      04/30/2003