Texas Governor Greg Abbott has announced an agenda created for a special session expected to be taking place on Monday night.
SEE ALSO: Gov. Greg Abbott calls immediate special session to address property taxes and border issuesAccording to information provided by Abbott’s office, this special session will focus only on “cutting property taxes and cracking down on illegal human smuggling.”
“We must cut property taxes,” Abbott said in the statement. “During the regular session, we added $17.6 billion to cut property taxes. However, the legislature could not agree on how to allocate funds to accomplish this goal. Texans want and need a path towards eliminating property taxes. The best way to do that is to direct property tax reduction dollars to cut school property tax rates.”
Additionally, Abbott listed off several other topics in which he says he will soon sign into law to “advance our state and the future of all Texans, including laws that:Provide more than $5.
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