State House Speaker Dade Phelan and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick jabbed each other’s priorities on property tax relief, criminal justice reform and school choice in dueling speeches to an Austin conservative think tank.
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Phelan spoke to the Texas Public Policy Foundation hours before debuting his priority property tax bill, which would reduce the limit on annual appraisal increases from 10% to 5% — and expand it to all types of property, including businesses. Phelan trumpeted it as “meaningful, real relief” in his speech, but Patrick panned the idea in his address.
Phelan said he was “not in any way shutting the door on increasing the homestead exemption.” But he questioned how that benefits small businesses who are suffering given that it only deals with Texans’ primary residences. Patrick also said he did not believe lawmakers should go home until they pass a school choice program. The regular session, which started in January, ends in late May, and the governor gets to decide whether to call a special session.
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