Texas

November 8, 2011 – General Election

Texas Education Loans Finance Amendment
The measure provides bonds to finance educational loans to students.
Legislatively-referred constitutional amendment
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Interlocal Contracts Amendment
The measure would allow cities and counties to enter into a contract without imposing a tax or sinking fund, as currently required.  
Legislatively-referred constitutional amendment
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Automatic Resignation Amendment
The measure would extend the period in which an elected official can run for office while still holding their current position from one year to one year and thirty days.
Legislatively-referred constitutional amendment
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Parks And Recreation Amendment
The measure would allow El Paso County to be included in the list of Texas counties authorized to create conservation and reclamation districts to develop parks and recreational facilities and finance those parks and facilities with taxes.
Legislatively-referred constitutional amendment
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Water-Stewardship Tax Amendment
The measure would cut taxes by creating an additional property tax exemption for land used in water-stewardship.
Legislatively-referred constitutional amendment
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Veterans Property Tax Amendment
The measure would cut taxes by creating a property tax exemption for the spouses of 100 percent disabled veterans.
Legislatively-referred constitutional amendment
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Governor’s Pardon Amendment 
The measure would authorize the governor to grant pardons to people who receive deferred adjudicated sentences, a type of ruling typically handed down in the case of lesser offenses where a judge believes jail time is inappropriate.
Legislatively-referred constitutional amendment
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County Redevelopment Bond Amendment
The measure would allow counties – just like municipal governments in Texas – to issue bonds for development projects in blighted areas and repay those bonds with property taxes.
Legislatively-referred constitutional amendment 
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Texas Water Development Bonds
This measure allows the Texas Water Development Board to issue additional bonds.
Legislatively referred Constitutional Amendment.
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Permanent School Fund Amendment
This measure would clarify references to the permanent school fund, allow the General Land Office to distribute up to $300 million per year to the fund, and provide for an increase in the market value of the permanent school fund.
Legislatively referred Constitutional Amendment
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