Governor Abbott Officially Announces 3rd Called Session of the 88th Legislature Governor Greg Abbott today issued a proclamation calling a third special session of the 88th Legislature to consider the following items. The session will begin at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, October 9. Legislation providing education savings accounts for all Texas schoolchildren. Legislation to do more to reduce illegal…

TTARA Property Tax Meeting on Proposed JETI Act Rules TTARA will host a Zoom meeting for the Property Tax Committee at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, October 11. The focus of the meeting will be the Jobs, Energy, Technology, and Innovation Act rules proposed by the Comptroller’s Office and published in the Texas Register on September 29. Links…

Spring Branch ISD and Keller ISD Refuse to Make Recapture Payments School districts that raise more property tax than the amount of their formula entitlement are required to choose one of five options to reduce their wealth level, thus reducing the amount of property tax raised. Those five options are (1) consolidation with another district; (2)…

We are excited to announce that Helen Brantley has joined the TTARA team as our Law Clerk. She will conduct legal research on both state tax and property tax issues. A recent law school graduate, she previously clerked at a Colorado law firm and at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy where she gained…

Texas Education Agency Releases Preliminary TY2023 “Maximum Compressed Rates” (MCR) The Texas Education Agency has released preliminary MCR (tier 1) tax rates for TY2023, incorporating both the normal tax rate compression required by current law and the additional tax rate compression mandated by SB 2, 2nd Called Session, 88th Legislature. The statewide MCR tax rate…