2007 Texas constitutional amendment election
The 2007 Texas Constitutional Amendment Election took place 6 November 2007. Sixteen proposed amendments (propositions) appeared on the ballot — all of which were approved by the voters. About 1,088,137 voters statewide went to the polls, out of 12,587,501 registered voters in Texas. "Note: The following summaries are taken from a newspaper abridgement of a Texas Legislative Council summary booklet. Results are unofficial with 99.8 percent of all precincts reporting as of 7 November 2007." Proposition 1. Proposition 1 (H.J.R. No. 103) is the constitutional amendment providing for the continuation of the constitutional appropriation for facilities  and other capital items at Angelo State University on a change in the governance of the university. The measure passed 66.28 percent in favor to 33.72 percent against. Proposition 2. Proposition 2 (S.J.R. No. 57) is the constitutional amendment providing for the issuance of $500 million in general obligation bonds to finance educational loans to students and authorizing bond enhancement agreements with respect to general obligation bonds issued for that purpose. The measure passed 65.85 percent in favor to 34.15 percent against. Proposition 3. Proposition 3 (H.J.R. No. 40) is the constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide that  the maximum appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxation is limited to the lesser of the most recent market value of the residence homestead as determined by the appraisal entity or 110 percent, or a greater percentage, of the appraised value of the residence homestead for the preceding tax year. The measure passed 71.49 percent in favor to 28.51 percent against. Proposition 4. Proposition 4 (S.J.R. No. 65) is the constitutional amendment authorizing the issuance of up to $1 billion in bonds payable from the general revenues of the state for maintenance, improvement, repair, and construction  projects and for the purchase of needed equipment. The measure passed 58.18 percent in favor to 41.82 percent against. Proposition 5. Proposition 5 (S.J.R. No. 44) is the constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to permit the voters of a municipality having a population of less than 10,000 to authorize the governing body of the municipality to enter into an agreement with an owner of real property in or adjacent to an area in the municipality that has been approved for funding under certain programs administered by the Texas Department of Agriculture under which the parties agree that all ad valorem  taxes imposed on the owner's property may not be increased for the first five tax years after the tax year in which the agreement is entered into. The measure passed 66 percent in favor to 34 percent against. Proposition 6. Proposition 6 (H.J.R. No. 54) is the constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation one motor vehicle owned by an individual and used in the course of the owner's occupation or profession and also for personal activities of the owner. The measure passed 73.69 percent in favor to 26.31 percent against. Proposition 7. Proposition  7 (H.J.R. No. 30) is the constitutional amendment to allow governmental entities to sell property acquired through eminent domain back to the previous owners at the price the entities paid to acquire the property. The measure passed 80.30 percent in favor to 19.70 percent against. Proposition 8. Proposition 8 (H.J.R. No. 72) is the constitutional amendment to clarify certain provisions relating to the making of a home equity loan and use of home equity loan proceeds. The measure passed 77.55 percent in favor to 22.45 percent against. Proposition 9. Proposition 9 (S.J.R. No. 29) is the constitutional amendment authorizing the  legislature to exempt all or part of the residence homesteads of certain totally disabled veterans from ad valorem taxation and authorizing a change in the manner of determining the amount of the existing exemption from ad valorem taxation to which a disabled veteran is entitled. The measure passed 90.87 percent in favor to 9.13 percent against. Proposition 10. Proposition No. 10 (H.J.R. No. 69) is the constitutional amendment to abolish the constitutional authority for the office of inspector of hides and animals. The measure passed 76.55 percent in favor to 23.45 percent against. Proposition 11. Proposition 11 (H.J.R. No. 19 ) is the constitutional amendment to require that a record vote be taken by a house of the legislature on final passage of any bill, other than certain local bills, of a resolution proposing or ratifying a constitutional amendment, or of any other nonceremonial resolution, and to provide for public access on the Internet to those record votes. The measure passed 84.51 percent in favor to 15.49 percent against. Proposition 12. Proposition 12 (S.J.R. No. 64) is the constitutional amendment providing for the issuance of general obligation bonds by the Texas Transportation Commission in an amount not to exceed $5  billion to provide funding for highway improvement projects. The measure passed 62.61 percent in favor to 37.39 percent against. Proposition 13. Proposition 13 (H.J.R. No. 6) is the constitutional amendment authorizing the denial of bail to a person who violates certain court orders or conditions of release in a felony or family violence case. The measure passed 83.85 percent in favor to 16.15 percent against. Proposition 14. Proposition 14 (H.J.R. No. 36) is the constitutional amendment permitting a justice or judge who reaches the mandatory retirement age while in office to serve the remainder of the justice's or judge 's current term. The measure passed 75 percent in favor to 25 percent against. Proposition 15. Proposition 15 (H.J.R. No. 90) is the constitutional amendment requiring the creation of the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas and authorizing the issuance of up to $3 billion in bonds payable from the general revenues of the state for research in Texas to find the causes of and cures for cancer. The measure passed 61.43 percent in favor to 38.57 percent against. Proposition 16. Proposition 16 (S.J.R. No. 20) is the constitutional amendment providing for the issuance of additional general obligation  bonds by the Texas Water Development Board in an amount not to exceed $250 million to provide assistance to economically distressed areas. The measure passed 60.77 percent in favor to 39.23 percent against.