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Dustin Burrows: “We abolished the statewide property tax since 1981.”

Featuring: Dustin Burrows, Republican | Texas House of Representatives, District 83

Representative Dustin Burrows Talks Special Session And Other Issues on the Chad Hasty Show

Published June 17, 2017 | Video Starts at 07:36

Did it go to your schools? Did it go to your cities? Did it go to your counties? I mean, property taxes are a local tax. We abolished the statewide property tax since 1981. I think. So we have not had one. 1981, 1982. And people want to know where that extra money has gone to. (07:36–07:41)

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