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Kelly Hancock: “You got to hold down that local revenue growth so that you…”

Featuring: Kelly Hancock, Republican | State Senator, Texas, District 9

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Senator Kelly Hancock on Inside Texas Politics, WFAA: What to expect in the 2019 legislative session

Published | Video Starts at 04:21

… I don't think my voters want me to keep up with spending at the level that their appraised values are going up and their property taxes are going up. So You got to hold down that local revenue growth so that you can keep the state portion equal. and then you come in with additional dollars at the state level. You know, the governor had a tweet last week about doing away with the Robin Hood system, that bad old Robin Hood system, the recapture system. (04:21–04:29)

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Asserts the need to control local revenue growth to maintain state funding levels.

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