Election Day: Tuesday, November 7; early voting continues through Friday,
November 3
#1: Authorizing $300 million in general obligation bonds to finance
student loans. Yes.
#2: Exempting from ad valorem taxation the property of an organization
used primarily for charitable or public service activities. No.
#3: Transferring bond authority from the farm and ranch finance program to aid
in the production, marketing, and export of Texas agricultural products. No endorsement.
#4: Would allow a lien to be placed on homestead property in certain cases. No.
#5: Authorizing $500 million in general obligation bonds to fund veterans’
housing loans.
No endorsement.
#6: Exempting from property taxation the home of the surviving spouse of an
elderly person. Yes.
#7: Reducing from $500 million to $250 million the amount of general obligation
bonds authorized for the super collider facility. Yes.
#8: Abolishing the office of constable in Mills, Reagan, and Roberts counties. Yes.
#9: Allowing the state to invest in business without the business’s disclosure
of investments in or with South Africa or Namibia. Yes.
#10: Abolishing the office of state treasurer. Yes.
#11: Allowing open-space land used for wildlife management to qualify for tax
appraisal in the same manner as open-space agricultural land. Yes.
#12: Exempting from ad valorem taxation personal property and mineral
interests with a value less than it would cost to collect the taxes. Yes.
#13: Authorizing governing bodies to exempt from ad valorem taxation
boats and equipment used primarily for commercial fishing. No.
#14: Raising the limit on property tax exemptions for disabled veterans or
their survivors. No
This article appears in November 3 • 1995 and November 3 • 1995 (Cover).