Adopting a state sales tax and adding taxes to cigarettes, gambling and gasoline were among the suggestions aired Tuesday during a three-hour hearing in Victoria conducted by a task force that will make reform recommendations to the Legislature.
"Our charge is pretty simple," said task force chairman John Sharp, former state comptroller. "We need to figure out a way to lower property taxes by a significant amount."
The Texas Supreme Court has declared the property tax system that supports schools unconstitutional, and it gave the Legislature until June 1 to come up with a new way to pay for education.
The rest of the story from the Associated Press.
For the folks who heard me on the radio this morning, this is the commission that I mentioned that needs to be watched on the question of who is ultimately going to pay for services. Look for them to be in the Rio Grande Valley on Friday, Jan. 27 at 10:00 a.m. The rest of their schedule is here.
Be there if you want to have early input in the process.
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