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Senate committee advances bill lowering voter-approved rollback rate to 2.5%
Summary
The Senate Committee on Finance voted to report Senate Bill 10 favorably to the full Senate, advancing a proposal to reduce the voter-approved rollback rate from 3.5% to 2.5%; senators debated whether to carve out pay raises for police and noted a pending Dallas charter amendment likely headed to litigation.
The Senate Committee on Finance voted to report Senate Bill 10 favorably to the full Senate, advancing a measure that would reduce the voter-approved rollback rate (also referenced in committee as the “voter approved tax rate”) for taxing jurisdictions from 3.5% to 2.5%.
The bill matters because it changes the formula local governments use to limit property tax increases; committee members…
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