89R13696 AMF-D
By: Olcott H.J.R. No. 163
A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment increasing the threshold of
voter approval for a school district bond election.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 3, Article VII, Texas Constitution, is
amended by amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsection (e-1) to
read as follows:
(e) The Legislature shall be authorized to pass laws for the
assessment and collection of taxes in all school districts and for
the management and control of the public school or schools of such
districts, whether such districts are composed of territory wholly
within a county or in parts of two or more counties, and, subject to
Subsection (e-1), the Legislature may authorize an additional ad
valorem tax to be levied and collected within all school districts
for the further maintenance of public free schools, and for the
erection and equipment of school buildings therein; provided that a
majority of the qualified voters of the district voting at an
election to be held for that purpose, shall approve the tax.
(e-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (e), an ad valorem tax
authorized to be levied and collected within all school districts
under that subsection for the payment of the principal of and
interest on bonds issued by the district must be approved by
three-fifths of the qualified voters of the district voting at an
election held for that purpose.
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 4, 2025.
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment increasing the
threshold of voter approval for a school district bond election."