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Commissioners approve 10 temporary tax-office positions to process Tesla titles; office projects multimillion-dollar sales-tax retention
Summary
Lubbock County Commissioners unanimously approved 10 positions for the county tax office to handle increased title processing tied to Tesla vehicles and an auto-title vendor; the tax assessor said the work could yield roughly $9.5 million in sales-tax retention for the county.
The Lubbock County Commissioners Court voted unanimously Aug. 11 to authorize 10 temporary positions for the county tax office to process titles tied to Tesla vehicle transactions handled through an auto-title vendor, the tax assessor told the court.
Tax Assessor-Collector Roni Keester (presenter identified in the packet as "Mister Keester") said the additional staff would be required to process titles generated by "Semtex Auto Title LLC" (transcript references vary) under a new vehicle-title workflow. Keester estimated…
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