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A JOINT RESOLUTION
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proposing a constitutional amendment increasing the threshold of |
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voter approval for a school district bond election. |
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 3, Article VII, Texas Constitution, is |
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amended by amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsection (e-1) to |
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read as follows: |
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(e) The Legislature shall be authorized to pass laws for the |
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assessment and collection of taxes in all school districts and for |
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the management and control of the public school or schools of such |
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districts, whether such districts are composed of territory wholly |
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within a county or in parts of two or more counties, and, subject to |
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Subsection (e-1), the Legislature may authorize an additional ad |
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valorem tax to be levied and collected within all school districts |
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for the further maintenance of public free schools, and for the |
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erection and equipment of school buildings therein; provided that a |
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majority of the qualified voters of the district voting at an |
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election to be held for that purpose, shall approve the tax. |
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(e-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (e), an ad valorem tax |
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authorized to be levied and collected within all school districts |
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under that subsection for the payment of the principal of and |
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interest on bonds issued by the district must be approved by |
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three-fifths of the qualified voters of the district voting at an |
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election held for that purpose. |
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SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be |
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submitted to the voters at an election to be held May 2, 2026. The |
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ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the |
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proposition: "The constitutional amendment increasing the |
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threshold of voter approval for a school district bond election." |