Transportation Funding Stuck: Making Sense of the Traffic Jam The House and Senate have disposed of all of the Governor’s items for the 2nd called special session except for “legislation relating to the funding of transportation infrastructure projects.” With the session set to expire next week, the leadership is scrambling to cobble together a package…

Judge Dietz Orders Re-hearing in School Finance Case Travis County District Judge John Dietz announced today that he will re-open the school finance trial to consider actions taken by the 83rd Legislature, and has tentatively set the re-hearing to begin on January 6, 2014. The hearing is expected to last approximately six weeks. Judge Dietz…

2013 TTARA Golf Tournament – Hip, Hip, Hooray Our hat’s off to everyone whose participation made TTARA’s 2013 annual golf tournament, held on Tuesday, June 4th at Falconhead Golf Club, once again a resounding success. Most importantly, our sincere appreciation goes to the tournament sponsors and donors since without their generous support we would not…

TTARA Upcoming Meetings & Events TTARA Legislative Session Wrap-up Meeting June 5th at 9:30 a.m. TTARA will host a legislative session wrap-up meeting on Wednesday, June 5th, starting at 9:30 a.m.. The meeting will be in the 3rd Floor Auditorium of the Wells Fargo Bank Building at 400 West 15th Street, in Austin. TTARA Session…

In this issue: Budget Franchise Tax School Tax Limitations (Chapter 313) Research and Development Incentives Property Tax Sales Tax Tax Administration School Finance Education Reforms Golf Tournament Registration Deadline May 29th The regular session of the 83rd Legislature has come to a close. Lawmakers passed 1,521 bills, most of which now sit on the Governor’s…