Constitutional Amendment Election of November 5, 2019
There are two main resources for background and analysis on the amendments, linked below. Each constitutional amendment and the relevant research is listed and linked below.
House Research Organization Amendments Proposed for the November 5, 2019 election.
Texas Legislative Council Analyses of Proposed Constitutional Amendments for the November 5, 2019 election.
Proposition 1: Allowing municipal court judges to hold office in more than one municipality
Texas Patriots PAC recommends: FOR. Local voters should determine if a judge could give adequate attention to a court.
House Research Organization Prop 1 Report
Texas Legislative Council Prop 1 Report
Proposition 2: Allowing TWDB to issue more water development project bonds
Texas Patriots PAC recommends: AGAINST. Grows government and debt unnecessarily; projects should be funded out of general revenue.
House Research Organization Prop 2 Report
Texas Legislative Council Prop 2 Report
Proposition 3: Allowing temporary property tax exemptions after a disaster
Texas Patriots PAC recommends: FOR. Tax exemption is more efficient for government and taxpayer than reappraisal after disaster.
House Research Organization Prop 3 Report
Texas Legislative Council Prop 3 Report
Proposition 4: Prohibiting a state individual income tax
Texas Patriots PAC recommends: FOR. Texas needs NO INCOME TAX.
House Research Organization Prop 4 Report
Texas Legislative Council Prop 4 Report
Proposition 5: Dedicating sporting goods sales tax revenue to TPWD and THC
Texas Patriots PAC recommends: FOR. These funds were meant for Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and Texas Historical Commission and should not be diverted by the Legislature.
House Research Organization Prop 5 Report
Texas Legislative Council Prop 5 Report
Proposition 6: Increasing CPRIT’s bond authority from $3 billion to $6 billion
Texas Patriots PAC recommends: AGAINST. Funding cancer research is not a core function of state government.
House Research Organization Prop 6 Report
Texas Legislative Council Prop 6 Report
Proposition 7: Allowing increased distributions to Available School Fund
Texas Patriots PAC recommends: FOR. Raises cap on money transferred to Available School Fund from state’s oil and gas reserves.
House Research Organization Prop 7 Report
Texas Legislative Council Prop 7 Report
Proposition 8: Creating the Flood Infrastructure Fund
Texas Patriots PAC recommends: FOR. Provides loans/grants for local governments to meet federal matching fund requirements to mitigate future flooding.
House Research Organization Prop 8 Report
Texas Legislative Council Prop 8 Report
Proposition 9: Exempting precious metals held in Texas depositories from property taxes
Texas Patriots PAC recommends: FOR. Like cash, precious metals should not be considered income-producing property.
House Research Organization Prop 9 Report
Texas Legislative Council Prop 9 Report
Proposition 10: Allowing retired law enforcement animal transfer without fee
Texas Patriots PAC recommends: FOR. Clarifies that police dog can retire with handler for no charge to handler.