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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas caps local government debt service at 10 percent of three-year average property tax collections
Last action · July 29, 2025: FiledSponsor: Leo Wilson
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What This Bill Proposed
Relating to a limitation on the authority of political subdivisions to issue public securities.
Local taxing entities face strict statutory ceilings on new bond issuances and public security sales, altering how cities, counties, and local districts finance infrastructure and capital projects based on past property tax revenues.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
political subdivisions
Local governments face strict statutory limits on their authority to authorize additional debt based on historical property tax collections.
local taxpayers
Property tax payers experience capped levels of debt-service obligations funded through local property taxes.
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This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · introduced in the House.
Procedural history
1 action- Jul 29, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
Version history
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Statewide Cap on Local Debt
Establishes a mandatory state-level restriction on local debt issuance that overrides municipal charter provisions.
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capitol.texas.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 80)
- Controversy65Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz40Current news / social attention level
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