2022
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Senate Joint Resolution 2 Second special session of 87th Texas Legislature
Senate Joint Resolution 2 Third special session of 87th Texas Legislature
PROPOSITION 1
PROPOSITION 2
Ballot text
What does it mean?
Ballot text
What does it mean?
The constitutional amendment authorizing the Leg- islature 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 elementa- ry and secondary public school purposes on the residence homestead of a person who is elderly or disabled to re ect any statutory reduction from the preceding tax year in the maximum compressed rate of the maintenance and operations taxes im- posed for those purposes on the homestead.
Although property taxes are already frozen for the disabled and those over the age of 65, this proposition would allow for additional property tax relief from school districts for the disabled and elderly. If approved, it would allow the Legislature to provide property tax cuts even to those elderly and disabled homeowners with frozen taxes.
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.
Every homeowner in Texas is already o ered a $25,000 homestead exemption on property taxes from public school districts—meaning the rst $25,000 of a home’s appraised property value does not count against a homeowner’s annual property taxes. If approved, that exemption for home- owners would be raised to $40,000.
SOURCES: TEXAS SECRETARY OF STATE’S OFFICE WEBSITE; JOSHUA BLANK, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS; DALE CRAYMER, TEXAS TAXPAYERS AND RESEARCH ASSOCIATION COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
M A Y 2 4 P R I M A R Y R U N O F F
R Republican
D Democrat
*Incumbent
D A T E S T O K N O W May 13 Last day to apply for ballot by mail (received, not postmarked) May 16 First day of early voting
W H E R E T O V O T E
May 20 Last day of early voting May 24 Election day
Voters in Collin County and Dallas County may cast a ballot at any polling location during early voting and on election day.
For polling locations visit www.dallascountyvotes.org or www.collincountytx.gov/elections/Pages/default.aspx
SOURCES: DALLAS COUNTY ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT, COLLIN COUNTY ELECTIONS COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
Commissioner of the general land o ce R Tim Westley R Dawn Buckingham D Jay Kleberg D Sandragrace Martinez Railroad commissioner R Sarah Stogner R Wayne Christian* LOCAL U.S. House of Representatives, District 24 D Derrik Gay D Jan McDowell U.S. House of Representatives, District 32 R Justin Webb R Antonio Swad
Texas House of Representatives, District 70 R Jamee Jolly R Eric J. Bowlin D Mihaela Elizabeth Plesa D Cassandra Garcia Hernandez COLLIN COUNTY District clerk R Mike Gould R Lynne Finley* Judge, County Court at Law No. 5
Collin County Democratic Party chair D Caroline Werner D Mike Rawlins* DALLAS COUNTY County Criminal Court at Law No. 10 D Etta J. Mullin D Monique Bracey Hu County clerk D Ann Cruz D John F. Warren County commissioner, Precinct 2 D Andrew Sommerman D Michelle Ocker
STATEWIDE Lieutenant governor D Michelle Beckley D Mike Collier
Attorney general R George P. Bush R Ken Paxton* D Rochelle Mercedes Garza D Joe Jaworski Comptroller of public accounts
D Angel Luis Vega D Janet T. Dudding
R Randy Johnson R Jimmy Angelino
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