The following 14 propositions await Boerne and Kendall County voters in early voting, which runs through Friday, or on Election Day Nov. 7.
Proposition 1: Establishes a right to farming, ranching, timber production, horticulture, and wildlife management in the state constitution.
Prop. 2: Allow local governments to exempt child-care facilities from property taxes.
Prop. 3: Prohibit a wealth or net worth tax.
Prop. 4: Increase homestead tax exemption to $100,000 and increase state funding for public education.
Prop 5: Renames the National Research University Fund to the Texas University Fund and establishes an ongoing revenue source from the accrued interest of the economic stabilization fund.
Prop. 6: Creates the Texas Energy Fund and authorizes funding to modernize electric generation facilities. Prop. 7: Creates the Texas Energy Fund and authorizes funding to modernize electric generation facilities.
Prop. 8: Creates the Texas Broadband Infrastructure Fund to finance high-speed broadband access.
Prop. 9: Authorizes the state legislature to make cost-of-living adjustments or other benefit enhancements to eligible annuitants of the teacher retirement system.
Prop. 10: Authorizes an ad valorem tax exemption on equipment and inventory manufactured by medical or biomedical companies.
Prop. 11: Authorizes the state legislature to permit conservation and reclamation districts in El Paso County to allow the county to issue bonds to fund parks and recreational facilities.
Prop. 12: Abolishes the Galveston County treasurer position.
Prop. 13: Increases the mandatory retirement age for state judges from 75 to 79.
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