Texas Legislature
Bills Authored / Joint Authored
Sen. Paul Bettencourt
88th Legislature Second Called Session
Report Date: 11/14/2024

Number of Bills: 4

Report Sections:

Author (4):
SB 1 Author: Bettencourt
Last Action: 06/30/2023 H Received from the Senate
Caption: Relating to providing property tax relief through the public school finance system, exemptions, and limitations on taxes and providing franchise tax relief.

SB 2 Author: Bettencourt
Sponsor: Meyer | Metcalf | Burrows | Raymond | Thierry
Last Action: 07/22/2023 E See remarks for effective date
Caption: Relating to providing property tax relief through the public school finance system, exemptions, limitations on appraisals and taxes, and property tax administration; authorizing the imposition of a fee.

SB 3 Author: Bettencourt
Sponsor: Geren | Meyer | Darby | Hefner | Raymond
Last Action: 07/22/2023 E Effective on 1/1/24
Caption: Relating to the amount of the total revenue exemption for the franchise tax and the exclusion of certain taxable entities from the requirement to file a franchise tax report.

SJR 1 Author: Bettencourt
Last Action: 06/30/2023 H Received from the Senate
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to increase the amount of the exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district applicable to residence homesteads, to adjust the amount of the limitation on school district ad valorem taxes imposed on the residence homesteads of the elderly or disabled to reflect increases in certain exemption amounts, to provide supplemental payments to full-time classroom teachers in school districts, and to except certain appropriations to pay for school district ad valorem tax relief from the constitutional limitation on the rate of growth of appropriations.

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