New Braunfels Voter Guide

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Ratifying the ad valorem tax rate of $1.2920 in Comal Independent School District for the current year, a rate that will result in an increase of 14.7% percent in the maintenance and operations tax revenue for the district for the current year as compared to the preceding year, which is an additional $26,375,975.

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The issuance of an amount not to exceed $411,287,320 school building bonds for the construction, renovation, acquisition, and equipment of school buildings. This is a property tax increase.

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The issuance of an amount not to exceed $61,487,803 school bonds for the construction, renovation, acquisition and equipment of certain recreational facilities in the district. This is a property tax increase.

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The issuance of an amount not to exceed $20,397,672 school bonds for the construction, renovation, acquisition and equipment of stadiums with seating capacity of more than 1,000 spectators. This is a property tax increase.

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The issuance of an amount not to exceed $34,540,000 school bonds for the acquisition of technology equipment. This is a property tax increase.

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The issuance of $321,300,000 of bonds by the New Braunfels Independent School District for school facilities, the purchase of necessary sites for school facilities, and the purchase of new school buses and the levying of a tax in payment thereof. This is a property tax increase.

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The issuance of $20,100,000 of bonds by the New Braunfels Independent School District for various district stadiums and the imposition of a tax sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds. This is a property tax increase.

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The issuance of $6,600,000 of bonds by the New Braunfels Independent School District for instructional technology and the imposition of a tax sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds. This is a 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.