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Starr County commissioners authorize resale of tax-foreclosed lots, approve abatements and drought declaration
Summary
At its June 10 meeting, the Starr County Commissioners Court authorized resale of multiple tax-foreclosed properties to return parcels to the tax roll, approved tax-abatement agreements (including Diamondback Solar LLC and Macho Creek), declared a local drought disaster and adopted a county-wide Amazon purchasing policy. Financial reports were also presented.
Starr County’s Commissioners Court on June 10 authorized the resale of multiple tax-foreclosed properties and approved several economic-development abatement agreements, while also adopting a temporary prohibition on certain fireworks and declaring a local drought disaster.
Jimmy Otellas of the law firm Linebarger asked the court to approve a resolution to resell properties foreclosed for unpaid ad valorem taxes “in accordance with section 34 0 5 c, the Texas property tax code,” and said the exhibit provided to commissioners listed 13 items representing 10 properties, most of which are vacant or abandoned. “We’re targeting those nuisance accounts,” Otellas said, describing parcels in Rio Grande City and Roma ISD areas and saying the county…
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