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include vishov he would get back on a
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Aggies, sur -ived.
■Thousands of Texas workers
lyjMtew'ide who went home by
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ody presnJe- woi k, though on alert.
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we've sustained attacks," said
par, <ltrcc! Go\. Rick Perry in Austin.
1S incss Stt “fc’ve suffered tremendous loss,
uive of Sr. But we have never yielded to the
l.BBise of evil, and w e never will."
mt Enron Corp. in Houston w as
questiom; annong ener gy ant j 0 i| CO mpa-
ibers fo, n j es reassuring consumers fear-
bit Hall, ful that Tuesday's attacks could
affect supply.
“The markets are stable for
gas and power," spokesman
Mark Palmer said. “Our
pipeline operations never
missed a beat. Our critical
operations employees stayed
here throughout the day yester-
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200years, we've sus
tained attacks. We've
suffered tremendous
loss. But we have
never yielded to the
cause of evil, and we
never will.
— Rick Perry
Texas governor
day, and our pipeline infra
structure is stable and secure.”
Classes resumed at Texas
Christian University in Fort
Worth, but students and profes
sors remained focused on the
attacks.
“If affects your whole way of
life, no matter where you are,”
said Walker Wood, a 20-year-old
sophomore. “Almost instantly,
you realize how fragile life is.”
Jury selection in the burgla
ry trial of boxer Tony Ayala Jr.
resumed in San Antonio. The
Port of Houston continued to
operate with heightened secu
rity and fighter jets patrolled
the Gulf of Mexico.
But skies would remain
mostly empty of commercial
aircraft. The Federal Aviation
Administration lifted Tuesday’s
groundstop only to allow pas
sengers stranded in airports
across the country to reach their
original destinations.
Some airlines, including
Dallas-based Southwest,
announced they would not fly
until Thursday.
Houston - based
Continental Airlines planned
to start moving its stranded
passengers as much as possi
ble Wednesday, said
spokesman Rashaan Johnson.
He said he did not know
how many of the thousands
marooned in 2,000 grounded
Continental planes would get
in the air because any move
ment depended on whether
their destination airports also
were operating.
Travelers, however, would
face a routine starkly different
from what they experienced
before Tuesday’s tragedies,
said Ernie DeSoto, spokesman
for the Houston Aviation
Department.
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BRIEF EXPLANATORY STATEMENTS OF PROPOSED
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
Special Election
NOVEMBER 6, 2001
PROPOSITION 1
(HJR 52)
Proposition 1 would amend the constitu
tion to relinquish the state’s claim to cer
tain disputed land in Bastrop County.
The amendment would confirm legal title
to that land, excluding any mineral inter
ests, to the individuals who hold a dis
puted title to the land. The amendment
would prevent a loss of title by people
who bought and paid for property that
was never transferred by the state
because of faulty surveys.
The proposed amendment will appear on
the ballot as follows: “The constitutional
amendment providing for the clearing of
land titles by the release of a state claim
of its interest to the owners of certain
land in Bastrop County.”
PROPOSITION 2
(SJR 37)
Proposition 2 would amend the constitu
tion to establish the process for issuing
up to $175 million of state general obli
gation bonds and notes to provide aid to
counties for access road projects to serve
border colonias. Generally, a colonia is
an economically distressed geographic
area with inadequate public services
(such as water supplies, sewer services,
or paved roads) in a county without ade
quate resources to provide such services.
These projects could include the con
struction of access roads, the acquisition
of materials used in maintaining those
roads, and projects related to the con
struction of those roads, such as road
drainage. The Texas Transportation
Commission, in consultation with the
Governor, would be authorized to deter
mine what constitutes a border colonia
for purposes of selecting the counties and
projects that would receive assistance.
The proposed amendment will appear on
the ballot as follows: “The constitutional
amendment authorizing the issuance of
state general obligation bonds and notes
to provide financial assistance to coun
ties for roadway projects to serve border
colonias.”
PROPOSITION 3
(SJR 47)
Proposition 3 would amend the constitu
tion to authorize the legislature to exempt
green coffee and raw cocoa held in Harris
County from property taxes in order to
qualify Harris County as an exchange
port for coffee by the New York Board of
Trade. The authorization of exemption
would not apply to any other county.
The proposed amendment will appear on
the ballot as follows: “The constitutional
amendment to authorize the legislature to
exempt from ad valorem taxation raw
cocoa and green coffee that is held in
Harris County.”
PROPOSITION 4
(HJR 1)
Proposition 4 would amend the constitu
tion by setting the term of the fire fight
ers’ pension commissioner at four years.
The constitution currently provides that
the duration of all offices not otherwise
fixed by the constitution may not exceed
two years.
The proposed amendment will appear on
the ballot as follows: “The constitutional
amendment providing for a four-year
term of office for the fire fighters’ pen
sion commissioner.”
PROPOSITION 5
(SJR 32)
Proposition 5 would amend the constitu
tion to allow a municipality to donate
outdated or surplus equipment, supplies,
or other materials used in fighting fires to
an underdeveloped country. Current
state law does not allow anything of
valufc belonging to the state or its politi
cal subdivisions to be donated to another
nation.
The proposed amendment will appear on
the ballot as follows: “The constitutional
amendment authorizing municipalities to
donate outdated or surplus firefighting
equipment or supplies to underdeveloped
countries.”
PROPOSITION 6
(HJR 45)
Proposition 6 would amend the constitu
tion to require the governor to call a spe
cial session of the legislature so that the
legislature can appoint presidential elec
tors when the governor detennines that it
is reasonably likely that the outcome of
the election for a presidential candidate’s
electors will not be clearly determined in
time for the appropriate electors to meet
before the federal deadline to cast their
votes. Under current law, when the peo
ple vote for a particular candidate for
president, in reality they are voting for
that candidate’s electors who will meet to
cast their votes for president. If the elec
tors are not determined by the certifica
tion date, no electoral votes may be cast
for the state. The proposed amendment
ensures that the state’s electoral votes
will be cast.
The proposed amendment will appear on
the ballot as follows: “The constitutional
amendment requiring the governor to call
a special session for the appointment of
presidential electors under certain cir
cumstances.”
PROPOSITION 7
(HJR 82)
Proposition 7 would amend the constitu
tion to authorize the Veterans’ Land
Board to issue and sell up to $500 mil
lion of additional general obligation
bonds to finance additional home mort
gage loans to veterans. Additionally, the
proposed amendment would authorize
the Veterans’ Land Board to use assets
from the land and housing assistance
funds to create, operate, and improve vet
erans’ cemeteries.
The proposed amendment will appear on
the ballot as follows: “The constitutional
amendment authorizing the Veterans’
Land Board to issue up to $500 million in
general obligation bonds payable from
the general revenues of the state for vet
erans’ housing assistance and to use
assets in certain veterans’ land and veter
ans’ housing assistance funds to provide
for veterans cemeteries.”
PROPOSITION 8
(HJR 97)
Proposition 8 would amend the constitu
tion to allow the legislature to authorize
the Texas Public Finance Authority to
issue and sell up to $850 million of gen
eral obligation bonds. The proceeds of
the sale of the bonds would pay for con
struction and repair projects or for the
purchase of needed equipment by the
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up to $850 million in bonds payable from
the general revenues of the state for con
struction and repair projects and for the
purchase of needed equipment."
PROPOSITION 9
(HJR 47)
Proposition 9 would amend the constitu
tion to authorize the legislature to pro
vide for filling vacancies in the legisla
ture without an election if only one per
son is a qualified candidate in the elec
tion to fill the vacancy. Under current
law, a special election must be held to fill
a vacancy in the legislature even if there
is only one qualified candidate.
The proposed amendment will appear on
the ballot as follows: “The constitutional
amendment authorizing the filling of a
vacancy in the legislature without an
election if a candidate is running unop
posed in an election to fill a vacancy.”
PROPOSITION 10
(SJR 6)
Proposition 10 would amend the consti
tution to authorize the legislature to
exempt certain items of personal proper
ty from property taxation by political
subdivisions of the state if the property is
warehoused temporarily in a location in
Texas to be assembled, stored, manufac
tured, processed, fabricated, or repaired
and then forwarded to another location
inside or outside Texas. The proposed
amendment would authorize a political
subdivision that imposes ad valorem
taxes, at its option, to tax this type of
property after a local public hearing on
the matter.
The proposed amendment will appear on
the ballot as follows: “The constitutional
amendment to promote equal tax treat
ment for products produced, acquired,
and distributed in the State of Texas by
authorizing the legislature to exempt
from ad valorem taxation tangible per
sonal property held at certain locations
only temporarily for assembling, manu
facturing, processing, or other commer
cial purposes.”
PROPOSITION 11
(HJR 85)
Proposition 11 would amend the consti
tution to allow a schoolteacher, a retired
schoolteacher, or a retired school admin
istrator who serves as a member of a gov
erning body of a school district, city,
town, or other local governmental dis
trict, including a water district, to receive
compensation for serving on such a gov
erning body. Currently, state employees
or other individuals who are compensat
ed directly or indirectly from state funds
are barred from receiving a salary for
such service.
The proposed amendment will appear on
the ballot as follows: “The constitutional
amendment to allow current and retired
public school teachers and retired public
school administrators to receive compen
sation for serving on the governing bod
ies of school districts, cities, towns, or
other local governmental districts,
including water districts.”
PROPOSITION 12
(HJR 75)
Proposition 12 would amend, repeal, or
relocate several sections of the current
constitution to improve the clarity,
organization, and consistency of the
constitution.
The proposed amendment will appear on
the ballot as follows: “The constitutional
amendment to eliminate obsolete, archa
ic, redundant, and unnecessary provi
sions and to clarify, update, and harmo
nize certain provisions of the Texas
Constitution.”
PROPOSITION 13
(SJR 2)
Proposition 13 would amend the consti
tution to allow the legislature to author
ize a board of trustees of an independent
school district to donate real property and
improvements formerly used as a school
campus in order to preserve that proper
ty. The board may make the donation if
the board determines that the property
has historical significance, that the dona
tion will help to preserve the property,
and that the school district no longer
needs the property for educational pur
poses.
The proposed amendment will appear on
the ballot as follows: “The constitutional
amendment authorizing the legislature to
authorize the board of trustees of an inde
pendent school district to donate certain
surplus district property of historical sig
nificance in order to preserve the proper
ty.”
PROPOSITION 14
(HJR 44)
Proposition 14 would amend the consti
tution to allow the legislature to author
ize a taxing unit, other than a school dis
trict, to exempt travel trailers from prop
erty taxation as long as the travel trailers
are lawfully registered with the state and
are not held or used for the production of
income.
The proposed amendment will appear on
the ballot as follows: “The constitutional
amendment to authorize the legislature to
authorize taxing units other than school
districts to exempt from ad valorem tax
ation travel trailers that are not held or
used for the production of income.”
PROPOSITION 15
(SJR 16)
Proposition 15 would amend the consti
tution to create the Texas Mobility Fund,
which would be administered by the
Texas Transportation Commission. The
Fund would finance the construction,
acquisition, and expansion of state high
ways and would pay a portion of the
costs of public toll roads and other public
transportation projects. The legislature
may reserve specific sources of state rev
enue for the Fund and may authorize the
Commission to guarantee the payment of
any obligations or credit agreements with
the full faith and credit of the state. The
attorney general shall determine the
legality of any such obligations or credit
agreements.
The proposed amendment will appear on
the ballot as follows: “The constitutional
amendment creating the Texas Mobility
Fund and authorizing grants and loans of
money and issuance of obligations for
financing the construction, reconstruc
tion, acquisition, operation, and expan
sion of state highways, turnpikes, toll
roads, toll bridges, and other mobility
projects.”
PROPOSITION 16
(HJR 5)
Proposition 16 would amend the consti
tution to reduce the waiting period
required for a valid home improvement
lien on a homestead from 12 days to 5
days. Currently, a lien may not attach to
a homestead for a home improvement
loan if the homeowner executed a con
tract for the improvements less than 12
days after applying for the loan. In addi
tion, the proposed amendment would
authorize the conversion and refinance of
a personal property lien secured by a
manufactured home to a lien on a home
stead.
The proposed amendment will appear on
the ballot as follows: “The constitutional
amendment prescribing requirements for
imposing a lien for work and material
used in the construction, repair, or reno
vation of improvements on residential
homestead property and including the
conversion and refinance of a personal
property lien secured by a manufactured
home to a lien on real property as a debt
on homestead property protected from a
forced sale.”
PROPOSITION 17
(HJR 53)
Proposition 17 would amend the consti
tution to allow the state to relinquish
claim to certain state land and to clear
title defects for persons who claim title to
those lands. The proposed amendment
would apply to land whose owners have
disputed title to the land, but for which
no patent from the state, giving clear title
to the land, was ever issued. Among
other requirements, all of the taxes due
on the land must have been paid. Under
current law, there is no procedure allow
ing the state to settle title disputes with
out a constitutional amendment for each
piece of land in dispute.
The proposed amendment will appear on
the ballot as follows: “The constitutional
amendment authorizing the legislature to
settle land title disputes between the state
and a private party.”
PROPOSITION 18
(SJR 49)
Proposition 18 would amend the consti
tution to authorize the legislature to cre
ate a program to consolidate and stan
dardize the collection, deposit, reporting,
and payment of criminal and civil court
fees. If the legislature creates such a pro
gram, any new fees imposed by the legis
lature may not take effect before January
1 of the following year, unless an earlier
effective date is approved by a vote of
two-thirds of the members of each house,
of the legislature.
The proposed amendment will appear on
the ballot as follows: “The constitutional'
amendment to promote unifonnity in the
collection, deposit, reporting, and remit-,
ting of civil and criminal fees.”
PROPOSITION 19
(HJR 81)
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Proposition 19 would amend the consti-|
tution to allow the Texas Water*
Development Board to issue up to $2 bil-'
lion of additional general obligation^
bonds. The Board issues bonds to pay (
for water supply projects, water quality!
enhancement projects, flood control proj-j
ects, state participation in water and,
wastewater facilities, and projects fori
economically distressed areas. Currentj
law limits the amount of bonds that the|
Board can issue.
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The proposed amendment will appear on t
the ballot as follows: “The constitutional!
amendment providing for the issuance of|
additional general obligation bonds by|
the Texas Water Development Board in'
an amount not to exceed $2 billion.”
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