Texas Constitution:Article III, Section 52-a: Difference between revisions

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-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.
+This important section, approved by 52% of voters, was added in 1987. It has been amended once. The 2005 amendment specified that 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: "[Section 52-a] establishes economic development as a public purpose and specifically authorizes the Legislature to 'provide for the . . .' to further that purpose."