Texas House plans to pass ‘largest property tax decrease ever,’ Speaker Dade Phelan says
The Texas House will diverge from the Senate and pass a sweeping property-tax relief package this session that includes businesses, not just homeowners, Speaker Dade Phelan said Thursday.
Read MoreLeaders of Texas Legislature set battle lines over property tax relief
The elected leaders of the Texas House and Senate on Thursday slammed each other’s competing proposals for reining in property taxes, establishing an early rift between the two chambers over how to deliver the relief and who should receive it.
Read MoreTexas House’s property tax bill calls for $17 billion in cuts, tighter appraisal cap
Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan’s proposal reveals the different roads the Texas House and Senate want to take on property taxes — and the fight that might emerge between the two chambers this session.
Read MoreBusiness and legislative leaders push to replace expired tax break with a new one
Business groups warned lawmakers that Texas could lose business to other states without something to replace the so-called Chapter 313 tax break, which gave some companies big breaks on school taxes.
Read MoreBill filed to bring back Chapter 313 tax abatements
Twelve-year South Texas lawmaker Rep. J.M. Lozano has filed a bill to reintroduce the state’s recently ended Chapter 313 school property tax abatement program.
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