Georgetown Voter Guide

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Shall Section 2.01 of the City Charter be amended to add term limits of no more than three consecutive terms for City Council members and the Mayor until at least two years has elapsed since their last term of office with an exception allowing for a councilmember to serve as mayor without waiting for two years to elapse?

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Shall Section 2.03 of the City Charter be amended to provide that the City Council shall fill a councilmember vacancy with less than twelve months left of a term by appointment within thirty (30) days of the vacancy?

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Shall Section 2.09 of the City Charter be amended to clarify that City Council actions require an affirmative vote of a majority of council members present and voting?

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Shall Section 2.10 of the City Charter be amended to remove the ordinance caption publication requirement; to remove the requirement to file an ordinance with the City Secretary seven days prior to its consideration; to provide that an ordinance must be approved at two separate meetings; and to provide that an ordinance caption must be read at one of the two meetings?

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Shall Sections 4.01,4.02 and 4.07 of the City Charter be amended to provide that a petition for an initiative, referendum or recall of city officials must be signed by fifteen (15) percent of the registered voters of the City on the date of the last municipal election?

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Shall Sections 5.03, 5.04, and 5.05 of the City Charter be amended to remove all references to divisions with the City’s administrative organization?

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Shall Sections 6.03 and 6.04 of the City Charter be amended to remove references to divisions with the City’s administrative organization and to provide for budget amendments in cases of emergency and for municipal purposes as allowed under State law?

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Shall Section 8.03 of the City Charter be amended to remove the requirement to publish a proposed ordinance granting a franchise and to provide that a proposed ordinance granting a franchise shall be posted on the City’s webpage for thirty (30) days prior to final passage?

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The legal sale of all alcoholic beverages including mixed beverages in the City of Georgetown.

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The issuance of $333,420,000 of bonds by Georgetown Independent School District for the acquisition, construction, renovation and equipment of school buildings, the purchase of school sites and school buses and vehicles and levying the tax in payment thereof. This is a property tax increase.

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The issuance of $16,500,000 of bonds by Georgetown Independent School District for the acquisition and improvement of district-wide school technology and levying the tax in payment thereof. This is a property tax increase.

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The issuance of $7,300,000 of bonds by Georgetown Independent School District for the renovation and improvement of the district's performing arts center and levying the tax in payment thereof. This is a property tax increase.

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The issuance of $23,600,000 of bonds by Georgetown Independent School District for the acquisition, construction and equipment of a district swim center and levying the tax in payment thereof. This is a property tax increase.

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The issuance of $850,000 of bonds by Georgetown Independent School District for the renovation and improvement of the Georgetown High School tennis complex and levying the tax in payment thereof. This is a property tax increase.

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The constitutional amendment authorizing the professional sports team charitable foundations of organizations sanctioned by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association or the Women's Professional Rodeo Association to conduct charitable raffles at rodeo venues.

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The constitutional amendment authorizing a county to finance the development or redevelopment of transportation or infrastructure in unproductive, underdeveloped, or blighted areas in the county.

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The constitutional amendment to prohibit this state or a political subdivision of this state from prohibiting or limiting religious services of religious organizations.

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The constitutional amendment changing the eligibility requirements for a justice of the supreme court, a judge of the court of criminal appeals, a justice of a court of appeals, and a district judge.

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The constitutional amendment providing additional powers to the State Commission on Judicial Conduct with respect to candidates for judicial office.

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The constitutional amendment establishing a right for residents of certain facilities to designate an essential caregiver for in-person visitation.

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The constitutional amendment to allow the surviving spouse of a person who is disabled to receive a limitation on the school district ad valorem taxes on the spouse's residence homestead if the spouse is 55 years of age or older at the time of the person's death.

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The constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of all or part of the market value of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a member of the armed services of the United States who is killed or fatally injured in the line of duty.