Contradictory polls commissioned by the Texas House and Texas Senate give insight into...
Leaders of Texas Legislature set battle lines over property tax relief
“The appraisal cap proposal received clear support with 53 percent of voters preferring reducing the cap,” Chris Perkins, a partner at Ragnar Research Group, wrote. “Support for this proposal is bipartisan, though it is strongest among Republican and independent voters.”first reported by Quorumreport.com
Senate leaders say that poll by Austin-based Baselice & Associates shows 82 percent of voters supported raising the homestead exemption for school district taxes from $40,000 to $70,000 and increasing the total exemption for seniors and the disabled to $100,000. But previously he has told groups in speeches that homestead exemption increases have a limited impact.
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