Abbott Names Emergency Issues; Senate Starts Hearings On Property Tax Reform

Abbott Names Emergency Issues; Senate Starts Hearings On Property Tax Reform

(Austin) The Senate has begun hearings on one of the emergency issues named in Governor Greg Abbott’s biennial State of the State address.   Abbott gave property tax reform the emergency tag in the Tuesday speech, permitting immediate legislative action on related measures.  Abbott said in his speech that the Texas economy was the envy of the rest of the nation and praised lawmakers for their work in achieving that status.  “When you combine our legislative […]