Texas Legislature’s First Special Session to Focus on Border Security, Slashing Property Taxes
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on May 29 unveiled a long list of agenda items for the state Legislature’s upcoming special sessions, including bolstering security at the U.S.-Mexico border and slashing property taxes in the state.
The Republican governor called an immediate special session the night of May 29, just hours after the state House and Senate adjourned from the 88th legislative session without passing a number of key bills following tense negotiations.
In a statement, Abbott said the first of many special sessions would officially begin at 9 p.m. and would be focused on legislation to cut property taxes by reducing the maximum compressed tax rate for state public school districts in order to “provide lasting property-tax relief for Texas taxpayers.”…