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Representative Dustin Burrows Explains Constitutional Amendment Propositions

Published November 3, 2015 | Video Starts at 00:53

Well, you know, I guess let's start off with overall just your feelings on these propositions. Yeah. Let me kind of give you some history real quick just because I think it's interesting. Our constitution was adopted in 1876. Since that period of time, we have proposed 666 different amendments there too. 663 of those have actually ended up on the ballot. I cannot find what happened to the three that did not make it on, but we're looking into it. (00:53–01:03)

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“663 of those [amendments] have actually ended up on the ballot.”
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“484 [amendments] were approved, 179 were defeated.”
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“Raising the homestead exemption from 15,000 to 25,000, I believe it has not been raised since 1997.”
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“We also ban any tax on the transfer of real estate.”
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“Prop 2 is dealing with having an ad valorem tax exemption for the surviving spouses of 100% totally disabled veterans.”
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“Since 1876... we required the lieutenant governor and the comptroller and speaker of the House to reside in Austin.”
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“Number four is going to be the professional sports teams having a charitable raffle.”
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“This is their constitutional amendment that is going to allow counties to maintain increases from population of 5,000 to 7,500 to perform…”
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“PETA's stated goal [is] total animal liberation.”
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“PETA is against this amendment [which is] probably a good reason to be for it.”
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“This is a way of dedicating some revenue...without raising taxes.”
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“We estimate $3 billion a year into getting our roadways maintained, roadways fixed.”
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“Roadways don't get built in two years. These are sometimes 10 year projects.”
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