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State Rep. Jared Patterson outlines major state budget items including $2.5B water appropriation and $51B in property tax relief
Summary
State Rep. Jared Patterson summarized highlights from the recent Texas legislative session for Prosper, citing large new appropriations for water, a record commitment to property tax relief, changes to school funding, and a new law restricting certain foreign purchases of Texas land.
State Rep. Jared Patterson, whose district covers the western third of Prosper, gave a legislative update to the Prosper Town Council on Sept. 23, summarizing major actions from the most recent session of the Texas Legislature.
Patterson said the session focused heavily on water and property-tax relief. "We added $2,500,000,000 in water for this biennium," he told the council, saying that amount is intended to leverage a proposed constitutional amendment that would authorize roughly $20,000,000,000 in water investment over the next 20 years if voters approve it…
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