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Local daycare urges Bee County to adopt new property‑tax exemption for licensed childcare providers
Summary
Little Buds Daycare owner Molly DeBourne asked commissioners to adopt the constitutional amendment option (Prop 2 / Art. 8 §1‑r) and implementing statute (Tax Code §11.36 via SB1145) that allow counties to exempt 50–100% of appraised value for qualified child‑care facilities, arguing it would expand capacity and support working families.
Molly DeBourne, owner and director of Little Buds Daycare, asked Bee County commissioners to adopt the local property‑tax exemption authorized by Proposition 2 (Article 8, Section 1‑r of the Texas Constitution) and implemented by Texas Tax Code §11.36 (Senate Bill 1145, effective January 2024). DeBourne said the local option allows counties…
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