The State of Texas is getting ready to add property tax to your home!!!!!

[TXpapa]

The State of Texas is getting ready to add property tax to your home!!!!!
Proposition 2 and Proposition 3 in the Nov. 2 election will allow the State
of Texas to start adding a State Property Tax to each home in the State.

Proposition 2-The constitutional amendment authorizing the State legislature
to provide for the ad valor em taxation of a residence homestead solely on
the basis of the property's value as a residence homestead.
In short, the State wants to tax your house based on its stated value. This
is a STATE added tax over and ABOVE the County Property tax you already
pay!!!!!

Proposition 3-The constitutional amendment providing the uniform standards
and procedures for the apprailal of property for ad valor em tax purposes.
In short, how your property will be valued for the additional property
tax!!!!

All homeowners in the State of Texas must go to the polls on November 2,
2010 and vote NO on both Prpopsitions 2 and 3. If you do not, the
legislature will tax your home. We have to send a clear message to the
political representatives that we are taxed enough!!!! DO NOT FAIL TO VOTE
ON THIS, IT WILL OPEN A DOOR WE WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO CLOSE.

If you pass on Proposition 2 and Proposition 3 when you go to vote it will be counted as a yes vote.

[Randy]

What credible source did you get this from?

[Take Dead Aim]

An email from a friend?

[Mudslinger]

This is what I found!

Propositions 2 and 3 are smart moves for Texas
By mjsamuelson (10/13/2009)
There has been a lot of misleading information going around via email on Props 2 and 3, which deal with property taxes, and that information is extremely damaging to the efforts to fix our property appraisal system in the state of Texas.



Prop 2 states "The constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for the ad valorem taxation of a residence homestead solely on the basis of the property’s value as a residence homestead."



What this means, in layman's terms, is that appraisal districts will be required to appraise your home as a home. Right now, people who live near booming commercial developments, like the Domain area in north Austin, are experiencing unaccountable hikes in their appraised values. This is because appraisers are valuing homes in places like this based partly on the idea that one day, the land will be worth something to commercial developers. Prop. 2 would keep them from that kind of unwarranted speculation, and require that homes be appraised as is. I strongly support Prop 2.



Prop 3 states "The constitutional amendment providing for uniform standards and procedures for the appraisal of property for ad valorem tax purposes."



Right now, property appraisal standards differ from district to district. This means that in one county, appraisers may just do an annual "drive-by" of your home and use neighborhood sales prices to determine the approximate value of your home for taxing purposes. In another county, they may skip the drive-by and use old records of repair and sales costs to determine value. There are numerous problems with the system as it stands - because there is no system. In a lot of rural districts, incoming appraisers and appraisal board members receive no training at all, and have to make it up as they go along.



Prop 3 would not require a uniform system outright - it simply gives the legislature the ability to prescribe the manner of the enforcement of uniform appraisal standards and procedures. Given that the state funds schools through local property taxes, and the local property appraisals determine that tax, there needs to be some kind of oversight to ensure fairness and equitable determination. Please vote YES on Prop 3.

[Jaspro]

Everything I can find online shows different props for #2 and #3

http://texaslegislativeupdate.wordpress.com/2010/02/09/texas-whats-on-the-ballot-candidates-god-abortion-voter-i-d/

[cosmiccowboy]

This is what I found!

Propositions 2 and 3 are smart moves for Texas
By mjsamuelson (10/13/2009)
There has been a lot of misleading information going around via email on Props 2 and 3, which deal with property taxes, and that information is extremely damaging to the efforts to fix our property appraisal system in the state of Texas.



Prop 2 states "The constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for the ad valorem taxation of a residence homestead solely on the basis of the property’s value as a residence homestead."



What this means, in layman's terms, is that appraisal districts will be required to appraise your home as a home. Right now, people who live near booming commercial developments, like the Domain area in north Austin, are experiencing unaccountable hikes in their appraised values. This is because appraisers are valuing homes in places like this based partly on the idea that one day, the land will be worth something to commercial developers. Prop. 2 would keep them from that kind of unwarranted speculation, and require that homes be appraised as is. I strongly support Prop 2.



Prop 3 states "The constitutional amendment providing for uniform standards and procedures for the appraisal of property for ad valorem tax purposes."



Right now, property appraisal standards differ from district to district. This means that in one county, appraisers may just do an annual "drive-by" of your home and use neighborhood sales prices to determine the approximate value of your home for taxing purposes. In another county, they may skip the drive-by and use old records of repair and sales costs to determine value. There are numerous problems with the system as it stands - because there is no system. In a lot of rural districts, incoming appraisers and appraisal board members receive no training at all, and have to make it up as they go along.



Prop 3 would not require a uniform system outright - it simply gives the legislature the ability to prescribe the manner of the enforcement of uniform appraisal standards and procedures. Given that the state funds schools through local property taxes, and the local property appraisals determine that tax, there needs to be some kind of oversight to ensure fairness and equitable determination. Please vote YES on Prop 3.

X2 Prop 2 and 3 are GOOD PROPOSITIONS.

If you got this in an e-mail please cut and paste this and hit REPLY ALL and send this response right back to everyone that just got the false information.

[dvinson]

Not Current and Not What it sounds like.

If you will do some digging, you will find that this is a false rumor, but was actually on the 2009 Ballot. And....it passed, BUT IT IS NOT WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE, actually it kind of prevents "what it sounds like" from happening.

DV

[Extremebowman]

Some of what I found -

State Representative Allen Vaught addressed concerns he recieved through e-mails that if Proposition 2 is passed, they would expand statewide property tax:

Vaught explained to the public that this information was untrue and that the constitution prohibits the state government from assessing property taxes.
Vaught also stated that the passage of Proposition 2, and 3, would not eliminate this constitutional restriction.
According to Vaught: "I would encourage everyone to research each of the 11 Propositions on the Nov. 3 ballot in order to make an informed decision when voting."[7]
The National Taxpayers Union supported Proposition 2 stating that it would amend the constitution to ensure that a residence would be assessed property taxes as a residence, and not as commercial property or other methods. The group also believed this would prevent assessors from taxing property as something other than a homestead. NTU has given it a positive rating in their 2009 General Election Ballot Guide

[Darton]

Typical confusion...lol

[jodsterag99]

according to http://www.votexas.org/what.html there are no statewide propositions on the ballot. You can click on the link above or copy to your browser to see what is on the ballot. From what I see, there are no state-wide propositions. There are local ones, though, according to where you live.

[TXpapa]

Ok I learned my lesson. I will not forward any emails sorry y'all. And thanks for the info.

[Artos]

amazing...have received this email half dozen times in the past few days.