Taxpayers helping taxpayers

Per AFP the taxpayers need your help getting two very important property tax bills through the legislature this session.

SB 700 by Sen. Dan Patrick (R-Houston) and HB 1575 by Rep. Carl Isett (R-Lubbock) seem to be stymied in committee, and your elected leaders need to be reminded just how important these bill are to making local government accountable to the taxpayers.

Overview

Both bills provide a trigger for automatic rollback elections when the property tax revenue increases more than 8 percent over the previous year. This means that your local elected officials would have to go to the voters (you) if they want to increase taxes (and revenue more than 8 percent).
SB 700 has passed out of the Senate Finance Committee and is waiting to be scheduled for a vote by the whole senate. HB 1575 remains in the House Ways and Means Committee.

Call Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee Rene Oliveira and ask that HB 1575 be given a vote.

Senate
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst – (512) 463-0001 or e-mail by clicking here
Find you State Senator by clicking here.

House
House Speaker Joe Straus - (512) 463-0686, (210) 828-4411. Email by clicking here.
Ways and Means Committee - (512) 463-0822
Chair: Rep. Rene Oliveira - (512) 463-0640, (956) 542-1828, rene.oliveira@house.state.tx.us.
Vice Chair: Rep. John Otto - (512) 463-0570, (936) 258-8135, john.otto@house.state.tx.us.
Other Members: Rep. Dwayne Bohac - (512) 463-0727, (713) 460-2800, dwayne.bohac@house.state.tx.us.
Rep. Will Hartnett - (512) 463-0576, (214) 891-1776, will.hartnett@house.state.tx.us.
Rep. Harvey Hilderbran - (512) 463-0536, (830) 257-2333, harvey.hilderbran@house.state.tx.us.
Rep. Charlie Howard - (512) 463-0710, (281) 565-9500, charlie.howard@house.state.tx.us.
Rep. Phil King - (512) 463-0738, (817) 596-4796, phil.king@house.state.tx.us.
Rep. Ken Paxton - (512) 463-0356, (972) 562-4543, ken.paxton@house.state.tx.us.
Rep. Aaron Pena - (512) 463-0426, (956) 383-7444, aaron.pena@house.state.tx.us.
Rep. Larry Taylor - (512) 463-0729, (281) 338-0924, larry.taylor@house.state.tx.us.
Rep. Mike Villarreal - (512) 463-0532, (210) 734-8937, mike.villarreal@house.state.tx.us.