Property tax protections passed
Rep. John Otto (R-Dayton) headed The Property Tax Relief and Appraisal Reform Select Committee this interim and worked hard this session to get some significant property tax appraisal reform legislation passed. He filed a large bill with many reforms, but was successful in breaking the bill down and passed some of those measures. Click here for highlights of the property tax reforms passed this session.
Taxpayer protections failed to pass
We were unable to enact legislation to provide voter approval for local government spending to exceed the population and inflation – or 5%. Your taxpayer-funded lobbyists, local government associations, and local elected officials fought hard to keep this bill from passing. House Ways and Means Chairman Rene Olivera told the Texas Association of Counties that he would not allow the bills to get a vote in his committee. Though the votes to pass out of committee were there, he turned his back on the taxpayers and upheld his promise to the tax spenders.
from the folks at AFP
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