Last-minute rescue of some high profile bills late Sunday reduced chances that Gov. Greg Abbott would instantly summon lawmakers back into a special session,...
Whether an overtime session loomed immediately, or not until later in the year, Texas’ part-time legislators would have to return to Austin to iron out the governor’s priorities that failed to pass.
Abbott priorities that were poised to fail late Sunday include property tax relief and a bill to secure taxpayer funds that families can use for private schooling. “When it got to the Senate, they saw how important it was to us,” he said, referring to House leaders, including Speaker Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont.
Patrick, the Senate’s presiding officer who for months has demanded rapid moves to bring more natural gas-fired electricity generators online, has said he would force a special session if legislation was not passed that provides more assurances the grid won’t fail again. “With some of these things getting negotiated here at the end, it might be avoided,” Holland said of a special session. “The governor would have to tell you that. I’ve heard him say that he would bring us back immediately if certain things didn’t happen. But [revival of the PUC bill] certainly was one thing that lessened that chance.”
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