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TO
ALL
TO
WHOM
THESE
PRESENTS
SHALL COME:
WHEREAS,
the 87th
Texas
Legislature, Second Called
Session,
convened
in
August
of
2021
and the
87th
Texas Legislature,
Third Called
Session,
convened
in
September
of
2021 in
accordance
with Article
III,
Sections
5
and
40, and
Article
IV,
Section
8,
of
the
Texas
Constitution;
and
WHEREAS,
during those
special
sessions,
the
Legislature approved
two
joint
resolutions proposing
two
particular constitutional
amendments
by
a
vote
of
two-thirds
of
all
the
members
of
each
house,
pursuant
to
Article
XVII,
Section
1
,
of
the
Texas
Constitution;
and
WHEREAS, pursuant
to
the
terms
of
those
resolutions
and
in
accordance
with
the
Texas
Constitution,
the
Legislature
has
set
the
date
of
the
election
for
voting
on
the
two
proposed constitutional
amendments
to
be
May
7,
2022;
and
WHEREAS,
Section
3.003
of
the
Texas
Election
Code
requires
the
election
to
be
ordered
by proclamation
of
the
governor;
NOW,
THEREFORE,
I,
GREG ABBOTT,
Governor
of
the
State
of
Texas,
by the
authority vested
in
me
by
the
Constitution
and
Statutes
of
the
State
of
Texas,
do
hereby order
a
special
election
to
be
held
throughout
the State
of
Texas
on
the
FIRST
SATURDAY
IN
MAY,
the same
being
the
SEVENTH
day
ofMAY,
2022;
and
NOTICE THEREOF
IS
HEREBY GIVEN
to
the
COUNTY JUDGE
of
each
county,
who
is
directed
to
cause
said
election
to
be
held
in
the
county
on
such date
for the
purpose
of
adopting
or
rejecting
the
two
constitutional
amendments
proposed
by
two
joint
resolutions,
as
submitted
by
the
87th
Texas
Legislature,
Second
Called
Session,
and
the 87th
Texas
Legislature,
Third
Called
Session,
of
the State
of
Texas.
Pursuant
to
Sections
52.095,
274.001
,
and
274.002
of
the
Texas Election
Code,
the
propositions
for the
joint
resolutions
will
appear
as
follows:
STATE
OF
TEXAS
PROPOSITION
No.
1
“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.”
STATE
OF
TEXAS
PROPOSITION
No.2
“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.”
FILED
IN
THE
OFFCE
OF THE
SECRETARY
OF
STATE
-
WYhi
O’CLOCK
FEB162022
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