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682 GENERAL LAWS.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO SECTION 3, ARTICLE 7, OF
THE STATE CONSTITUTION.
H. J. R. No. 9.]
A Resolution proposing an amendment to Article 7, of the Constitution
of the State of Texas by changing Section 3, eliminating the provision
authorizing the Legislature to create special districts and making
an appropriation therefor.
Be it resolved by the Legislature of the State of Texas:
SECTION 1. That Section 3 Article 7, of the Constitution be so
changed as to read as follows: (creating new Section 3.)
"Section 3. One-fourth of the revenue derived from the State
occupation taxes and poll tax of one dollar on every inhabitant
of the State, between the ages of twenty-one and sixty years,
shall be set apart annually for the benefit of the public free
schools; and in addition thereto, there shall be levied and collected
an annual ad valorem State tax of such an amount not to
exceed thirty-five cents on the one hundred ($100.00) dollars valuation,
as with the available school fund arising from all other
sources, will be sufficient to maintain and support the public
schools of this State for a period of not less than six months in
each year, and it shall be the duty of the State Board of Education
to set aside a sufficient amount out of the said tax to provide
free text books for the use of children attending the public free
schools of this State; provided, however, that should the limit
of taxation herein named be insufficient the deficit may be met
by appropriation from the general funds of the State and the
Legislature may also provide for the formation of school district
by general laws; and all such school districts may embrace
parts of two or more counties, and the Legislature shall be authorized
to pass laws for the assessment and collection of taxes in
all said districts and for the management and control of the public
school or schools of such districts, whether such districts are
are composed of territory wholly within a county or in parts of
two or more counties, and the Legislature may authorize an additional
ad valorem tax to be levied and collected within all school
districts heretofore formed or hereafter formed, for the further
maintenance of public free schools, and for the erection and
equipment of school buildings therein; provided that a majority
of the qualified property tax paying voters of the district voting
at an election to be held for that purpose, shall vote such tax not
to exceed in any one year one ($1.00) dollar on the one hundred
dollars valuation of the property subject to taxation in such district,
but the limitation upon the amount of school district tax
herein authorized shall not apply to incorporated cities or towns
constituting separate and independent school districts, nor to independent
or common school districts created by general or special
law."
SEC. 2. The foregoing constitutional amendment shall be submitted
to a vote of the qualified electors of the State at an elec-
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1923-1925 [Volume 22], book, 1925; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth15500/m1/1610/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .