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-Note that the Texas Attorney General, in Tex. Att'y Gen. Op. [https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/opinion-files/opinion/2019/kp0261.pdf#page=2 KP-261] (2019), opined that: "Another article III provision—section 52-a—establishes economic development as a public purpose and specifically authorizes the Legislature to 'provide for the creation of programs and the making of loans and grants of public money' to further that purpose."
+This section, approved by 52% of voters, was added in 1987. It has been amended once. The 2005 amendment specified that associated programs, grants, and loans not secured or financed by property taxes do not constitute or create debt.
+The Texas Attorney General, in Tex. Att'y Gen. Op. [https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/opinion-files/opinion/2019/kp0261.pdf#page=2 KP-261] (2019), opined that: "Another article III provision—section 52-a—establishes economic development as a public purpose and specifically authorizes the Legislature to 'provide for the creation of programs and the making of loans and grants of public money' to further that purpose."
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