HJR163 - Proposing a constitutional amendment increasing the threshold of voter approval for a school district bond election.

  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."