August 4, 2017 In this issue: House Passes Three School Finance Bills to Third Reading and Kills One Property Tax Elimination Bill Passes Out of House Committee Property Tax Update House Passes Three School Finance Bills to Third Reading and Kills One HB 21 by Huberty. In a “deja vu all over again” moment, the…

House Passes HB 32—Taxpayer Empowerment Act With six amendments, HB 32 was approved by the House on third reading today and is on its way to the Senate. HB 32 replaces the current tax estimate incorporated into property appraisal notices with a real-time tax estimate based on final value and each taxing unit’s proposed tax…

House Committee on Ways & Means to Consider SB 1—Property Tax Reform and Relief Act—Today The Committee just posted a meeting for 3:30 p.m. in the Agriculture Museum on the first floor of the Capitol. TTARA will report on the outcome of that meeting. House to Consider HB 32—Property Taxpayer Empowerment Act—on Wednesday, August 2…

Governor Abbott Officially Adds 19 Items to Special Session Agenda / SenateProperty Tax Reform Bills to be Heard July 22 Governor Abbott has issued his supplemental proclamation for the special session, and all bills are now being referred to committees. SB 1, SB 93, and SB 96 all by Senator Paul Bettencourt (R-Houston), the Governor’s…

Property Tax Reform: House and Senate File Different Bills The property tax relief and reform effort of the special session has begun with both the Senate and House filing differing bills. SB 1, sponsored by Senators Paul Bettencourt, Kelly Hancock, Van Taylor, and Brandon Creighton, is much like SB 2 from the regular session (a…