Tarrant County Senate District 10 Convention
Saturday, March 28, 2026
Resolutions Committee Report

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Elections
Voter Consent for Public Debt - Legislative Priority

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 Voter Consent for Public Debt

 

Government and Elections 

 

Elections 

 

218. Bonds Create Bondage: 

 

State and local bond election ballots shall be required to include the amount of debt currently outstanding, current debt service payments, current per capita debt obligations, the amount of new debt being proposed, estimated debt service for the new debt, and estimated per capita burden being proposed. The bond issue must obtain a two-thirds (2/3) affirmative vote of at least 20% of registered voters in the voting jurisdiction. No public funds are to be spent influencing a bond election. We oppose bundling of items on bond election ballots and “rolling polling“ for bond and tax rate increase elections. Any bond election, at any level of government in Texas, must state on the ballot, “This is a tax increase,” in bold print. 

 

Reaffirm