Download Governor Abbott's Proclamation for Texas Amendments Election, May 7, 2022 and more Summaries Political Science in PDF only on Docsity! PROCLAMATION BY THE (!LTflruur uftiji$tufi nfIixtz TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME: WHEREAS, the 87th Texas Legislature, Second Called Session, convened in August of 2021 and the 87th Texas Legislature, Third Called Session, convened in September of 2021 in accordance with Article III, Sections 5 and 40, and Article IV, Section 8, of the Texas Constitution; and WHEREAS, during those special sessions, the Legislature approved two joint resolutions proposing two particular constitutional amendments by a vote of two-thirds of all the members of each house, pursuant to Article XVII, Section 1 , of the Texas Constitution; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of those resolutions and in accordance with the Texas Constitution, the Legislature has set the date of the election for voting on the two proposed constitutional amendments to be May 7, 2022; and WHEREAS, Section 3.003 of the Texas Election Code requires the election to be ordered by proclamation of the governor; NOW, THEREFORE, I, GREG ABBOTT, Governor of the State of Texas, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and Statutes of the State of Texas, do hereby order a special election to be held throughout the State of Texas on the FIRST SATURDAY IN MAY, the same being the SEVENTH day ofMAY, 2022; and NOTICE THEREOF IS HEREBY GIVEN to the COUNTY JUDGE of each county, who is directed to cause said election to be held in the county on such date for the purpose of adopting or rejecting the two constitutional amendments proposed by two joint resolutions, as submitted by the 87th Texas Legislature, Second Called Session, and the 87th Texas Legislature, Third Called Session, of the State of Texas. Pursuant to Sections 52.095, 274.001 , and 274.002 of the Texas Election Code, the propositions for the joint resolutions will appear as follows: STATE OF TEXAS PROPOSITION No. 1 “The constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for the reduction of the amount of a limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed for general elementary and secondary public school purposes on the residence homestead of a person who is elderly or disabled to reflect any statutory reduction from the preceding tax year in the maximum compressed rate of the maintenance and operations taxes imposed for those purposes on the homestead.” STATE OF TEXAS PROPOSITION No.2 “The constitutional amendment increasing the amount of the residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation for public school purposes from $25,000 to $40,000.” FILED IN THE OFFCE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE - WYhi O’CLOCK FEB162022.
