House sponsor said there aren’t enough votes in his chamber to get the bill passed if it includes the tighter rollback provisions that had been in the original Senate bill.
House Sends Senate’s Property Tax Bill Back To Committee
By Peggy Fikac, Austin Bureau, San Antonio Express-News
Fri, 05/19/2017 - 5:48pm
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