Governor Abbott comes to Temple, Texas to tout property tax relief plan on his road to reelection
Bold Republic Brewing hosted the governor to campaign as he seeks a fourth term
TEMPLE, Texas (KWTX) - Governor Abbott was in Temple to tout a property tax relief plan as he starts his road to reelection.
Governor Abbott chose to spend his birthday in Bell County to highlight his hopes for Texas’ future as he embarks on seeking a fourth term in the state’s highest seat.
This includes five major changes to property taxes.
“One of the biggest affordability challenges you have is housing and one of the biggest causes of affordability for your housing are your property taxes,” he says.
The event wasn’t without incident. Two people were escorted out, one in handcuffs, for shouting profanities. And the whole conference came to a halt when someone had a medical episode.
An ambulance quickly arrived and to KWTX’s knowledge the person involved is okay.
Once Governor Abbott was given the green light to continue, he talked in detail about the plan.
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Which includes preventing local governments from raising property taxes for out of control spending, forcing a two-thirds majority vote to pass any tax increase that hits a local ballot, reducing the amount of appraisals needed to once every five years, and lowering the amount your appraisal can be increased a year from 10% to a three-percent cap.
Lastly, it would abolish school property taxes.
“You deserve another vote on another constitutional amendment and that is to pay 0 on your school district property taxes. Abolish the school district property tax in Texas forever!,” he cheered.
However, it does beg the question, what happens to school funding if taxpayers are off the hook?
“What’s going to fund the schools? They’re going to be funded the same way these homestead exemptions that just passed, the state of Texas is going to fully fund our schools,” he explains.
Of course, this is just part of his reelection campaign. The legislative session just ended and these won’t be able to be considered for a vote until the next session in 2027.
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