HJR 31

89S20473 AMF-D
		By: Olcott
  H.J.R. No. 31
  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 May 2, 2026.  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."