From: Vietnam Veterans of
America - Texas State Council [tscsec@vvatsc.org]
Sent: Thursday, October 17,
2019 3:11 AM
To: 0000 TSC Secretary
Subject: Texas Constitutional
Amendments Order Decided for 11/5/2019 Election
Forwarding
to TSC Distribution list as per request of TSC President Stone for John
Miterko, TSC Govt Affairs Chair.
Sincerely,
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Cheryl Van Syckle
Secretary, VVA Texas State
Council
10730 Potranco
Suite 122 Box 504
San Antonio, TX 78251
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2019-10-02
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Kerwin
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paladin_jam@yahoo.com,
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I
agree. Thanks, John. Cheryl--This needs to be given wide
distribution. Thank you. Kerwin
-----Original Message-----
From: John Miterko <paladin_jam@yahoo.com>
To: Kerwin Stone <kerwintx@aol.com>; 0000 TSC Secretary
<tscsec@vvatsc.org>
Sent: Wed, Oct 2, 2019 10:29 am
Subject: Texas Constitutional Amendments Order Decided for 11/5/2019 Election
I recommend that VVA TSC
send the proposed Texas Constitutional Amendments Election to our Chapters
prior to the State Council meeting.
John M
Special
note is Proposition 4:
"The
constitutional amendment prohibiting the imposition of an individual income
tax, including a tax on an individual's share of partnership and unincorporated
association income."
The wording is tricky
and counter-intuitive:
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A "yes" vote supports this
amendment to prohibit the state from levying an income tax on individuals. |
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A "no" vote opposes this
amendment, thus continuing to allow the state to enact a tax on individuals
in the future through a statewide referendum. |
July 23, 2019
Contact: Stephen Chang
512-463-6116
AUSTIN, TX – Deputy Secretary of State Joe Esparza today
drew the ballot order for ten proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution
that will appear on the November 5th ballot. In order to appear on the ballot,
the proposed amendments must be approved by at least two-thirds of the members
of both the Texas Senate and the Texas House of Representatives. After the
drawing ceremony, the Deputy Secretary reminded all eligible Texans to register
to vote in the November constitutional amendment election.
"The future of
Texas is and will always be in the hands of Texans," said Deputy Secretary
Esparza. "This fall, voters will have the opportunity to directly impact
the Texas Constitution, and I strongly encourage all eligible Texans to
register to vote so that they can actively participate in shaping the future of
the Lone Star State."
Texans will have the
opportunity to approve the following amendments with a majority vote:
"The
constitutional amendment permitting a person to hold more than one office as a
municipal judge at the same time."
"The
constitutional amendment providing for the issuance of additional general
obligation bonds by the Texas Water Development Board in an amount not to
exceed $200 million to provide financial assistance for the development of
certain projects in economically distressed areas."
"The
constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for a temporary
exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion of the appraised value of
certain property damaged by a disaster."
"The
constitutional amendment prohibiting the imposition of an individual income
tax, including a tax on an individual's share of partnership and unincorporated
association income."
"The
constitutional amendment dedicating the revenue received from the existing
state sales and use taxes that are imposed on sporting goods to the Texas Parks
and Wildlife Department and the Texas Historical Commission to protect Texas'
natural areas, water quality, and history by acquiring, managing, and improving
state and local parks and historic sites while not increasing the rate of the
state sales and use taxes."
"The
constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to increase by $3 billion
the maximum bond amount authorized for the Cancer Prevention and Research
Institute of Texas."
"The
constitutional amendment allowing increased distributions to the available
school fund."
"The
constitutional amendment providing for the creation of the flood infrastructure
fund to assist in the financing of drainage, flood mitigation, and flood
control projects."
"The
constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem
taxation precious metal held in a precious metal depository located in this
state."
"The
constitutional amendment to allow the transfer of a law enforcement animal to a
qualified caretaker in certain circumstances."
For more information
and resources for voting in Texas, visit VoteTexas.gov.
The deadline to
register to vote in this November's constitutional election is October 7.
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Texas
Proposition 4,
the Prohibit State Income Tax on Individuals Amendment, is on
the ballot in Texas as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 5, 2019.
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A "yes" vote supports this
amendment to prohibit the state from levying an income tax on individuals. |
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A "no" vote opposes this
amendment, thus continuing to allow the state to enact a tax on individuals
in the future through a statewide referendum. |
As
of 2019, the Texas
State Constitution requires the state legislature to
put legislation enacting an income tax before voters as a statewide referendum,
which voters could approve or reject. Referring the referendum to voters
requires a simple majority vote (50%+1) in each legislative chamber.[1]
Proposition
4 would replace the referendum requirement with a ban on enacting an income tax
on individuals. Removing the ban in the future would require a constitutional
amendment, which needs a two-thirds vote in each legislative chamber and voter
approval.[2]
As
of 2019, Texas is one of seven states without a personal income tax. Texas has
never levied a tax on personal income.
The
Texas State Legislature placed Proposition
4 on the ballot in one of the narrowest votes of the past 25 years. In Texas, a
two-thirds vote is required to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot,
which is equal to 100 votes in the state House and 21 votes in the state
Senate, assuming no vacancies. The constitutional amendment received 100 in the
state House and 22 votes in the state Senate, tying with Proposition 1 (2005), Proposition 2 (2005), and Proposition 12 (2003) for having the
narrowest margin of approval in the legislature since at least 1995. Most
legislative Democrats (65 percent) opposed Proposition 4. Legislative
Republicans, along with 29 percent of legislative Democrats, supported the
constitutional amendment.