State of Texas Proposition 9
The constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to exempt from ad
valorem taxation a portion of the market value of tangible personal property
a person owns that is held or used for the production of income.
The 2025 Explanatory
Statements for the November 4, 2025 Constitutional Amendment Election
document from the Texas Secretary of State website includes the following
information:
HJR 1 [Proposition 9] proposes a constitutional amendment to change the
amount of tangible personal property held or used for the production of
income that the legislature could exempt from property taxes to $125,000
rather than the minimum amount sufficient to recover the costs of property
tax administration.
