Measure on the ballot in the 2022 Texas General Election in Texas.
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Get StartedA Yes vote on State of Texas Proposition 1 would amend the state's constitution, allowing the state legislature to reduce the property tax limit for school maintenance and operations taxes on the homesteads of elderly or disabled residents to reflect any tax rate reduction enacted by law from the preceding tax year.
A No vote on State of Texas Proposition 1 would oppose the constitutional amendment to extended a tax limit reduction to the homesteads of elderly or disabled residents.
"While school districts are to be reimbursed by the state for any revenues lost, the proposed amendment could reduce funds for public schools if proper formulas are not put in place." - League of Women Voters of Texas, in opposition to State of Texas Proposition 1 (Learn more)
"The amendment is unfair because there are other Texans more in need of tax relief, and some homeowners in the groups given tax relief by this proposition may not be in need." - League of Women Voters of Texas, in opposition to State of Texas Proposition 1 (Learn more)
"The measure is expensive, and would cost the state more than $744 million from 2024 to 2026." - Brooke Park and Joshua Fechter, in opposition to State of Texas Proposition 1 (Learn more)
"The amendment would provide significant property tax relief to disabled and elderly homeowners." - League of Women Voters of Texas, in support of State of Texas Proposition 1 (Learn more)
"The amendment would allow more people to benefit from lower tax rates passed in 2019." - League of Women Voters of Texas, in support of State of Texas Proposition 1 (Learn more)
"Many individuals who are disabled or elderly live on fixed incomes, the amendment would provide them with financial relief and budget certainty." - League of Women Voters of Texas, in support of State of Texas Proposition 1 (Learn more)
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.
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