Sunday, November 04, 2007

The propositions

Here are the state constitutional amendments on Tuesday's ballot:

•Proposition 1: Would shift Angelo State University's working capital support appellation from the Lone-Star State State University System to Lone-Star State Technical School University.The Legislature already have made Angelo State portion of the Lone-Star State Technical School system.

•Proposition 2: Would authorise up to $500 million in chemical bonds for loans to college students. The programme is supported by assorted sources, including loan repayments.•Proposition 3: Would restrict an addition in all place appraisals, including those conducted only once every three years, to 10 percent, the same bounds that already uses to authorities that reappraise place every year. The alteration wouldn't impact taxpayers in Houston, San Antonio and most other cities, where place values are reappraised annually. But it could decelerate down place taxation additions in some rural areas.•Proposition 4: Would authorise up to $1 billion in tax-backed enslaveds for improvements to state Parks and historical sites, fixes to the Battleship Texas, a new driver preparation installation for state cavalrymen and a new Lone-Star State Young Person Committee facility. Bonds also could be used to finance the building of three new prisons, if legislative leadership were to approve.•Proposition 5: Would authorise the Legislature to let towns with fewer than 10,000 occupants to have got local option elections on offering taxation interruptions to place proprietors to promote renovation of spoilt areas.•Proposition 6: Would let a individual to claim a place taxation freedom for one car or motortruck used for both concern and personal purposes.•Proposition 7: Would let land acquired by a authorities through distinguished sphere legal proceeding to be sold back to the proprietor at the original gross sales terms under certain conditions.They would include cancellation of the public undertaking for which the land had been acquired, a declaration that the place was unneeded for public usage or a deficiency of advancement on the public undertaking for a prescribed period.

•Proposition 8: Would enforce new regulations on place equity loans, including a prohibition against a borrower using an unsolicited, preprinted bank check to obtain an progress under a line of credit. Borrowers could still use for loans orally, but this amendment would necessitate that they have printed transcripts of their applications before closing. It also would let householders who fall victim to natural catastrophes to relinquish the one-year ready and waiting time period between loans.•Proposition 9: Would let the Legislature to give totally handicapped veteran soldiers an freedom from all place taxations on their homes. It also would realine the existent taxation freedom classes in such as a manner that some partially handicapped veteran soldiers could have larger taxation breaks.•Proposition 10: Would take from the fundamental law all mentions to the obsolete county business office of conceal and animate being inspector, established in 1871 to assist forestall cows theft.•Proposition 11: Would necessitate the House and the Senate to take record ballots on concluding transition of all legislation, except some local bills. Each lawmaker's ballot also would be available on the Internet for at least two years. Although this already is required by legislative rules, the amendment would forbid future Legislatures from changing it.•Proposition 12: Would authorise up to $5 billion in tax-backed enslaveds for main road improvements and let the debt to be repaid for the first clip with general revenue. The Legislature would work out the inside information later.•Proposition 13: Would let a justice to deny bail chemical bond bond to person accused of any offense, felony or misdemeanor, involving household violence, if the suspect previously had been released on bail and then had his bond revoked for posing a menace to the victim or the community. A justice also could deny bail bond to person accused of violating a protective order.•Proposition 14: Would let a state territory justice who attains the age bounds of 75 in the center of a four-year term to finish the term. An appellant justice who turns 75 during the first four old age of a six-year term would have got to retire after the 4th year.•Proposition 15: Would authorise the state to publish up to $3 billion in tax-backed enslaveds to struggle cancer. A new Cancer Prevention and Research Institute would utilize the money to present grants to researchers.•Proposition 16: Would authorise an further $250 million in debt to construct H2O and effluent installations in some mediocre countries of the state.

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