Patrick is traveling the state to make his case, stopping Thursday in Dallas. He says they refuse to compromise on how best to provide tax relief to homeowners.
The lieutenant governor is taking his argument to the people for the Senate version of property tax relief, which raises the homestead exemption to $100,000 for everyone versus the House property tax bill that hinges on compression, lowering school district tax rates.
And to prove his point, Patrick uses the example of the most expensive home in Texas right now for sale at $65 million. That home would get a bigger tax break than average homeowners."$176,000 tax cut under the House plan. And under the House plan, the average Texas homeowner in a $300,000 home gets a $700 tax cut," he said. "That’s the difference that I and the Senate are fighting for the average Texas homeowner.
Patrick says the Senate bill would give homeowners a better break, but Speaker Dade Phelan, the House and the governor oppose the Senate plan. "I don’t like to be in a fight with the House or the governor, but we're not going to take money out of the pocket of the average Texan and give it to the wealthiest Texans and give it to big business," he said. "We're not going to do that."
Gov. Abbott has criticized the Senate plan, saying any bill that does not work toward the goal of eliminating key parts of the property tax system is wasting money.
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