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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas HB 1767 requires taxing units to publish property tax notice summaries in local newspapers
Last action · March 14, 2025: Referred to Ways & MeansSponsor: Brooks Landgraf
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What This Bill Proposed
s must publish a property tax information summary and website link in a local newspaper by August 7 annually, excluding units in large counties of one million or more residents or counties without a local newspaper. The requirement applies to years beginning on or after January 1, 2026.
Local property owners gain a new newspaper notice requirement for tax rates and budget information, except in counties with populations over one million or lacking a local newspaper.
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.
taxing units
Designated officers or employees must publish tax summaries and website URLs in local newspapers by August 7, unless meeting exemption criteria.
property owners
Ad valorem taxpayers receive local newspaper notices regarding property tax information in counties below one million population.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
3 actions- Mar 14, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to Ways & Means
- Mar 14, 2025HouseIntroducedRead first time
- Jan 8, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
Version history
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 40)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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