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Appointed to the North Texas Tollway Authority Board of Directors for
a term to expire August 31, 2009, Robert Kelly Shepard of Weatherford
(Mr. Shepard is being reappointed).
Appointed to the Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission for a term
to expire March 17, 2008, Ralph Rayburn of College Station (Mr. Ray-
burn is being reappointed).
Appointed to the Texas State Board of Examiners of Dietitians for a
term to expire September 1, 2009, Mary Kate Weems of Waco (replac-
ing Lucinda Flores of Brownsville whose term expired).
Appointed to the Texas State Board of Examiners of Dietitians for a
term to expire September 1, 2012, Belinda Bazan-Lara of San Antonio
(replacing Ralph McGahagin of Austin whose term expired).
Appointed to the Commission on Jail Standards for a term to expire
January 31, 2009, Irene Armendariz of El Paso (replacing Gonzalo Gal-
legos of San Antonio who is deceased).
Appointed to the Commission on Jail Standards for a term to expire
January 31, 2013, Judge Donna S. Klaeger of Horseshoe Bay (replacing
Judge William Morrow of Midland whose term expired).
Rick Perry, Governor
TRD-200704306
Proclamation 41-3134
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME:
WHEREAS, the 80th Regular Session of the Texas Legislature, con-
vened in January of 2007 in accordance with Article III, Section 5 of
the TEXAS CONSTITUTION and Section 301.001 of the Texas Gov-
ernment Code; and
WHEREAS, during that session, the legislature approved 16 joint res-
olutions by a vote of two-thirds of all the members of each House pur-
suant to Article XVII, Section 1 of the TEXAS CONSTITUTION; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of those resolutions and in accor-
dance with the TEXAS CONSTITUTION, the Legislature has set the
date of the election for voting on these 16 propositions to be November
6, 2007; and
WHEREAS, Section 3.003 of the Texas Election Code requires the
election to be ordered by proclamation of the Governor;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICK PERRY, GOVERNOR OF THE STATE
OF TEXAS, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
Statutes of the State of Texas, do hereby order a special election to be
held throughout the State of Texas on the FIRST TUESDAY AFTER
THE FIRST MONDAY IN NOVEMBER, the same being the SIXTH
day of NOVEMBER, 2007; and,
NOTICE THEREOF IS HEREBY GIVEN to the COUNTY JUDGE
of each county who is directed to cause said election to be held in the
county on such date for the purpose of adopting or rejecting the con-
stitutional amendments proposed by 16 joint resolutions, as submitted
by the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, of the State of Texas.
Pursuant to Sections 274.001 and 274.002 of the Texas Election Code,
the propositions for each joint resolution will appear as follows:
PROPOSITION 1
"The constitutional amendment providing for the continuation of the
constitutional appropriation for facilities and other capital items at An-
gelo State University on a change in the governance of the university."
PROPOSITION 2"The constitutional amendment providing for the issuance of $500 mil-
lion 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."
PROPOSITION 3
"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."
PROPOSITION 4
"The constitutional amendment authorizing the issuance of up to $1 bil-
lion in bonds payable from the general revenues of the state for mainte-
nance, improvement, repair, and construction projects and for the pur-
chase of needed equipment."
PROPOSITION 5
"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 agree-
ment with an owner of real property in or adjacent to an area in the mu-
nicipality 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 prop-
erty may not be increased for the first five tax years after the tax year
in which the agreement is entered into."
PROPOSITION 6
"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."
PROPOSITION 7
"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."
PROPOSITION 8
"The constitutional amendment to clarify certain provisions relating to
the making of a home equity loan and use of home equity loan pro-
ceeds."
PROPOSITION 9
"The constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt
all or part of the residence homesteads of certain totally disabled veter-
ans 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."
PROPOSITION 10
"The constitutional amendment to abolish the constitutional authority
for the office of inspector of hides and animals."
PROPOSITION 11
"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."
PROPOSITION 12GOVERNOR September 28, 2007 32 TexReg 6697
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