October 17, 2018 In this issue Texas Supreme Court Resolves Boundary Dispute Between Nueces & San Patricio Counties Reminder: TTARA Webcast Update on Tax & Fiscal Issues – November 8, 2018 Save the Dates for TTARA’s Legislative Session Previews in December Texas Supreme Court Resolves Boundary Dispute Between Nueces and San Patricio Counties A boundary…

September 25, 2018 AG Releases Opinion Regarding Home-Rule Municipalities Homestead Exemption Adoption Attorney General Ken Paxton released KP-0215 yesterday in response to a request from Senator Charles Schwertner (R—Georgetown) on behalf of the City of Cedar Park. The request inquired whether a home-rule municipality has the authority to adopt a residence homestead exemption floor in an amount greater than…

September 20, 2018 Recap of Today’s Senate Committee on Property Tax Reform Hearing The Senate Committee on Property Tax Reform chaired by Senator Paul Bettencourt (R—Houston) met today to consider three of its assignments: (1) voter engagement in the property tax process, (2) property tax data, and (3) appraisal reform. To start the hearing, Senator Bettencourt…

September 13, 2018 “Expenditures” Working Group of School Finance Commission Adopts Recommendations The “Expenditures” Working Group of the Texas Commission on Public School Finance met this morning and adopted recommendations that will be presented at the next meeting of the full Commission which has not yet been scheduled. The members of the full Commission will then…

September 11, 2018 Comptroller’s Office Announces New Tax Rate Visualization Tool This tool is very interesting. It shows effective, rollback, and adopted tax rates for cities, counties, and school districts in the State by county. It permits comparisons for five years. What it does not do—which is what our “real-time tax notice” legislation does—is provide tax information…