Texas Tax Exemptions For Nonprofit Water Corporations, Proposition 10 (1991)

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The Texas Tax Exemptions for Nonprofit Water Corporations Amendment, also known as Proposition 10, was on the November 5, 1991 ballot in Texas as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved. The measure exempted property of nonprofit corporations that supplied water or provided wastewater service from ad valorem taxes.^[1]^[2]

Election results[edit]

Texas Proposition 10 (1991)
Result	Votes	Percentage
a Yes	1,015,965	54.33%
No	854,163	45.67%

Election results via: Legislative Reference Library of Texas

Text of measure[edit]

The text of the measure can be read here.

Constitutional changes[edit]

Proposition 10 added §1-k to Article 8 of the Texas Constitution.

Path to the ballot[edit]

See also: Laws governing direct democracy in Texas

As laid out in Article 17 of the Texas Constitution, in order for a proposed constitutional amendment to be placed on the ballot, the Texas State Legislature must propose the amendment in a joint resolution of both the Texas State Senate and the Texas House of Representatives. The joint resolution can originate in either the House or the Senate. The resolution must be adopted by a vote of at least two-thirds of the membership of each house of the legislature. That amounts to a minimum of 100 votes in the House of Representatives and 21 votes in the Senate.

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Footnotes[edit]

This historical ballot measure article requires that the text of the measure be added to the page.

[1] Legislative Reference Library of Texas, "Constitutional amendment election dates," accessed January 8, 2015

[2] Texas Legislative Council, "Amendments to the Texas Constitution Since 1876," accessed January 8, 2015

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