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6 Document(s) [ Subject: Constitutional amendments ]

Committee:	Senate Local Government
Title:	Interim Report
Subjects:	Affordable housing | Appraisal review boards | Audits | Ballots | Bond elections | Constitutional amendments | Election dates | Extraterritorial jurisdiction | Lobbyists | Low Income Housing Tax Credit program | Municipal annexation | Property taxes | Special taxing districts | Tax appraisals | Tax rollback elections | Voter turnout |
Library Call Number:	L1836.87 L811
Session:	87th R.S. (2021)
Online version:	View report [96 pages  File size: 7,781 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Property Tax Reform: Review the effect of SB 2, 86th R.S., the Texas Property Tax Reform and Transparency Act of 2019, and related legislation passed by the 87th Legislature. Make recommendations for further property tax reform and relief.
2.	Appraisal Reform: Review the implementation of SB 63, 87th R.S., HB 988, 87th R.S., and other related legislation passed by 87th Legislature. Make recommendations to ensure appraisal guidelines are effective and taxpayers have enforcement mechanisms.
3.	Special Purpose Districts: Perform a comprehensive study on the powers and purposes of various special purpose districts and their associated legislative templates. Make recommendations to improve public transparency in operations of special purpose districts and associated legislative templates.
4.	Affordable Housing: Study issues related to affordable housing, homelessness, and methods of providing and financing affordable housing. Make recommendations to improve transparency and accountability, as well as to better utilize existing federal, state, and local programs.
5.	Bond Elections: Review and report on voter participation and bond election result differences between November and May elections. Make recommendations for improved voter turnout, increased election efficiencies, and better accountability of local debt.
6.	Taxpayer Funded Lobbying: Study how governmental entities use public funds for political lobbying purposes. Examine what types of governmental entities use public funds for lobbying purposes and what level of transparency is available to the public. Make recommendations to protect taxpayers from paying for lobbyists who may not represent the taxpayers' interests.
7.	Efficiency Audits: Study the concept of efficiency audits for cities, counties and special purpose districts and under what circumstances they should be performed. Evaluate whether efficiency audits provide Texans tools to combat wasteful government spending and report whether they are needed before local government tax ratification elections.
8.	Extraterritorial Jurisdictions: Study issues related to municipal extraterritorial jurisdictions and annexation powers, including examining possible disannexation authority. Determine whether extraterritorial jurisdictions continue to provide value to their residents and make recommendations on equitable methods for disannexation.
9.	Ballot Language: Study the development of the language used for constitutional amendment and local ballot propositions. Recommend changes to make ballot propositions more easily understood by voters.
Committee:	House Constitutional Revision, Select
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	House Committee on Constitutional Revision, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 2002 : a report to the House of Representatives, 78th Texas Legislature.
Subjects:	Constitutional amendments |
Library Call Number:	L1836.77 c765
Session:	77th R.S. (2001)
Online version:	View report [159 pages  File size: 7,502 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Evaluate the public perception of the need for comprehensive revision of the Texas Constitution. Additionally, identify specific changes the public would support in Article 4 (Executive Department) and Article 7 (Education) of the Constitution.
2.	Identify any remaining obsolete, ineffective, executed or other irrelevant provisions of the Constitution.
Committee:	House State Bond Revenues, Select
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	House Select Committee on State Bond Revenues, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 2002 : a report to the House of Representatives, 78th Texas Legislature.
Subjects:	Bond issues | Constitutional amendments |
Library Call Number:	L1836.77 st29b
Session:	77th R.S. (2001)
Online version:	View report [16 pages  File size: 861 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	The House Select Committee on State Bond Revenues shall obtain and review all information related to the issuance of bonds, and to the disposition of proceeds from bonds issued pursuant to amendments to the Texas Constitution approved by the voters in November, 2001. The review shall be designed to provide assurance that legislative purposes are properly implemented.
Committee:	House Constitutional Revision, Select
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	House Select Committee on Constitutional Revision, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 2000 : a report to the House of Representatives, 77th Texas Legislature.
Subjects:	Constitutional amendments | Texas Constitution |
Library Call Number:	L1836.76 c765
Session:	76th R.S. (1999)
Online version:	View report [51 pages  File size: 1,601 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Evaluate the public perception of the need for comprehensive revision of the Constitution. If appropriate, develop a plan for revision (such as an article-by-article review by a legislative committee over a prescribed period, establishment of a constitutional revision commission that includes scholars and members of the public, or a constitutional convention) including a proposed schedule.
2.	Identify specific changes the public would support in Article 3 (Legislative Department), Article 5 (Judicial Department) and Article 16 (General Provisions).
3.	Identify remaining obsolete, ineffective, executed or other irrelevant provisions of the Constitution.
Committee:	House Constitutional Amendments
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	To the speaker and members of the Texas House of Representatives, 68th Legislature : report / of the Consitutional Amendments Committee, Texas House of Representatives, 67th Legislature.
Subjects:	Constitutional amendments | Home equity loans | Mortgages | Political advertising | Primary elections | Voter education | Voter turnout |
Library Call Number:	L1836.67 c766
Session:	67th R.S. (1981)
Online version:	View report [47 pages  File size: 1,569 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Study the concept of numerous resolutions versus single resolutions on ballots submitted to voters.
2.	Should single submissions prove more favorable in response to public education of the issue, determine what impact might be felt if amendments were also submitted at the time of primary elections by both parties holding such elections.
3.	Determine if there is a more clear and concise method to inform voters on proposed legislation via new advertising as it currently exists under law versus other media forms.
4.	Determine the need for expanding the permissible scope of homestead encumbrancing, particularly including secondary financing of the residential homestead.
Committee:	Senate Constitutional Amendments, Investigate Status of
Title:	Report
Library Catalog Title:	Report of Special Committee
Subjects:	Constitutional amendments | Legislative process |
Library Call Number:	S.J. of Tex., 40th Leg., R.S. 779 (1927)
Session:	40th R.S. (1927)
Online version:	View report [2 pages  File size: 42 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	Investigate present status of all constitutional amendments introduced in this session.

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