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Greg Abbott: “The annual surplus Texas has had for the past four years is…”

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Governor Greg Abbott joins Galveston County Commissioners to discuss property tax proposal

Published | Video Starts at 09:45

… owners of having to pay A property tax to the school district, which alone should cut many property tax bills by half the state of Texas. Yeah. So for one, The annual surplus Texas has had for the past four years is far more than what would be needed to make up that cost. And so if what we did was to dedicate all of our surplus to property tax reduction, that alone may take care of it. That said, listen, we're working on. (09:45–09:56)

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Asserts that Texas's annual surplus over the past four years exceeds the amount needed to cover the cost of property tax reductions.

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