Video & Transcript Research : 'local tax election'
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LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
House and Governmental Affairs Mar 18th, 2026
House and Governmental Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- If a local taxing district fails an election in October or November, they could seek the Bond Commission
- If a local taxing district fails an election in October or November, they could seek the bond commission
- with all these tax incentives or tax elections.
- House Bill 534 by Representative Boyer provides for local bond and tax elections to be held only during
- dates for bond and tax elections.
Keywords:
Department of State, statutory entities, re-creation, termination, Louisiana laws, Department of State Civil Service, Louisiana legislation, government re-creation, authority termination, financial disclosure, public servants, ethics, immediate family, transparency, legislators, transportation, foreign travel, cultural exchange, public service, HB393
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- And so these mixed income deals use the reduction in property taxes that they receive from the local
- We think it creates unnecessary bureaucracy where there is Diana Gray: already oversight of local elected
- housing finance corporations to purchase and declare property tax exempt properties without local consent
- David Stout: that the reason why local property taxes are so high, especially in El Paso County, is that
- But most importantly, this bill removes local power from and confidence in the people who elected you
Keywords:
HB 21, Texas Tax Code, ad valorem tax, property tax, delinquent taxes, tax delinquency, penalty reduction, interest rate, split payment, installment payment, tax relief, county tax collector, taxing unit, property owner, tax collection, voter-approval tax rate, no-new-revenue tax rate, tax increase election, supermajority, 60 percent threshold
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- And we support this bill because it provides a tax savings for local businesses that choose to purchase
- It offers tax relief to businesses that are Investing in local agriculture and supply chains.
- from their tax liability.
- In the tax code from state sales tax on the purchase and rental of its vehicles.
- And may be used against the Texas business franchise tax or the Texas insurance premium tax.
Bills:
HB104
Keywords:
property tax, ad valorem tax, tax rate election, voter-approval tax rate, no-new-revenue tax rate, de minimis rate, local government, special district, tax increase, tax notice, public hearing, tax code, Health and Safety Code, Texas property taxes, taxing unit, election threshold, two-thirds vote, majority vote, budget approval
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Matters and not by elected officials.
- OK, so, um, just to clarify, the ESF is a tax on oil and gas severance taxes right?
- in a, in a traditional sense like a sales tax or property tax.
- It is still a tax on private industry that we're using.
- use tax revenues on manufactured housing.
Bills:
HB104
Keywords:
property tax, ad valorem tax, tax rate election, voter-approval tax rate, no-new-revenue tax rate, de minimis rate, local government, special district, tax increase, tax notice, public hearing, tax code, Health and Safety Code, Texas property taxes, taxing unit, election threshold, two-thirds vote, majority vote, budget approval
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- It's taxing.
- Dickens trying to get TDCJ to get me the information, and the truth is I called somebody who I knew was elected
- I was never offered a victim advocate by local law enforcement in Georgetown.
- I was never given information about local resources.
- appreciate each and every one of you for listening to the survivor stories as I know they can sometimes be taxing
Bills:
HB47
Keywords:
HB 47, Texas Tax Code, ad valorem taxes, property tax, voter-approval tax rate, tax rate election, taxing unit, injunction, taxpayer rights, property owner, local government finance, tax refund, attorney's fees, court costs, voter-approved tax increase, tax reform, municipal taxes, county taxes, school district taxes, bond election
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Mar 5th, 2025
Ways and Means General Fund
Transcript Highlights:
- Post-election audits ensure public confidence in the election process.
- And this could potentially be a big problem with the elections. ...be a big problem with the elections
- This bill proposes a significantly lower tax rate on heated... significantly lower tax rate on heated
- HB 357 proposes a tax on heated tobacco products at a rate... tax on heated tobacco products at a rate
- Um, if this was taxed at the rate we would be actually advocating for a higher tax on these products.
Keywords:
elections, post-election audit, election audit, risk-limiting audit, ballot audit, election integrity, voter confidence, Secretary of State, judge of probate, canvassing board, poll watchers, ballot containers, manual tally, recount, county election, statewide election, general election, absentee ballots, provisional ballots, election transparency
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- past election year, there was a 1% sales tax or basically a special tax that was for infrastructure.
- When this was promoted that election year, this just this past election year, there was a 1% sales tax
- to be in compliance with the bond election statutes, which impose taxes and deal with taxes.
- </c><00:51:33.040><c> elected</c><00:51:33.520><c> school</c> accountability to locally elected school
- It treats locally elected problem.
Keywords:
property tax, homeowner exemption, Wyoming, voter initiative, tax legislation, HB0127, recreation mill levy, recreational facilities, public recreation, mill levy, local tax, county commissioners, school district levy, voter approval, ballot measure, general election, tax referendum, special purpose tax, Wyoming taxation, W.S. 18-9-201
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Pensions, Investments & Financial Services May 19th, 2025
Pensions, Investments & Financial Services
Transcript Highlights:
- A little bit quicker, and that's why we see the next bond election, you know, a no tax increase bond
- election.
- lower your tax rate, implying that it's going to lower taxes when, in reality, you have to pay back
- Local government impact is projected to be no significant fiscal implication to units. ...of local government
- When I also sit on elections, and when we hear legislation like this coming through elections, a lot
Keywords:
bond election, ballot proposition, debt obligation, municipal bonds, local government finance, property tax, ad valorem tax, school district bonds, county bonds, special taxing district, voter information document, public debt, municipal finance, tax-supported debt, election ballot language, bond transparency, homestead tax impact, capital improvements, general obligation bonds, public bank
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- And that's pretty standard for all elections. It's one, and especially for bond tax issues.
- : special districts, towns, county elections, and also tax questions. from the school district election
- : special districts, towns, county elections, and also tax questions.
- elections elections uh<02:20:38.479><c> and</c><02:20:38.800><c> also</c><02:20:39.600><c> tax</c><02
- This is not about local control. They was clear about it's a recreation tax.
Keywords:
veterans, property tax exemption, disabled, service-connected disability, Wyoming, governmental claims, liability limits, inflation adjustment, public safety, local government insurance, HB0127, recreation mill levy, recreational facilities, public recreation, mill levy, property tax, local tax, county commissioners, school district levy, voter approval
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- And so these mixed-income deals. use the reduction in property taxes that they receive from the local
- It's a taking of the local tax base from a jurisdiction that had no control over it.
- Also, the reason why local property taxes are so high, especially in El Paso County, is that 70% of El
- Also, the reason why local property taxes are so high, especially in El Paso County, is that 70% of El
- Also, the reason why local property taxes are so high, especially in El Paso County, is that 70% of El
Keywords:
housing finance, multifamily residential, low income, tax exemption, audit requirements, affordable housing, local government, development bonds, housing assistance, financial assistance, low income housing, community support, affordability, veterans housing, community involvement, air conditioning, tenant support, healthcare, elderly, taxation
TX
Keywords:
housing finance, multifamily residential, low income, tax exemption, audit requirements, affordable housing, local government, development bonds, housing assistance, financial assistance, low income housing, community support, affordability, veterans housing, community involvement, air conditioning, tenant support, healthcare, elderly, taxation
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- To date, we can track well over $907 million in severance taxes and royalties generated for Texas from
- And so we are prepared to adjust that, uh, you know, kind of the local level approach as well.
- And there's a reason why only about less than 10% of the water systems have elected to be a member of
- And we are nonprofits and we are small governmental entities that don't tax.
- And I think the last thing that we should do, whether we're a local or a state regulatory entity, is
Bills:
HB206
Keywords:
HB206, school district bonds, bond election, voter approval, Education Code, Chapter 45, Section 45.003, Section 45.0034, Texas schools, school finance, local tax election, bond referendum, school construction, capital improvements, election frequency, five-year waiting period, district bonds, public school funding
MN
Transcript Highlights:
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- </c> these local sales taxes until 2019. these local sales taxes until 2019.
- This local sales tax would then allow us to reduce that property tax levy or that local burden on our
- </c><01:07:03.720><c> local</c> that property tax levy or that local that property tax levy or that local
- /c> established a local sales tax as an established a local sales tax as an example<01:07:38.640><c>
Keywords:
Crosby, local sales tax, bonding authority, community projects, voter approval, Owatonna, use tax, special law, community center, municipal finance, capital project, sales and use tax, local option tax, city tax, public facility, general election, bond referendum, debt limit, levy limit, Minnesota local government
TX
Texas 89th Regular
89th Legislative Session - Second Called Session Aug 16th, 2025
Texas House Floor Meeting
Keywords:
appropriations, funding, budget, state finance, public services, public education, teacher compensation, certification, school finance, educator rights, education funding, charter schools, staff compensation, state aid, retention allotment, rural health, hospital funding, healthcare access, mental health services, financial stability
TX
Texas 89th Regular
89th Legislative Session - First Called Session Aug 14th, 2025
Texas House Floor Meeting
Keywords:
appropriations, funding, budget, state finance, public services, public education, teacher compensation, certification, school finance, educator rights, education funding, charter schools, staff compensation, state aid, retention allotment, rural health, hospital funding, healthcare access, mental health services, financial stability
TX
Texas 89th Regular
89th Legislative Session - First Called Session Aug 13th, 2025
Texas House Floor Meeting
Keywords:
appropriations, funding, budget, state finance, public services, public education, teacher compensation, certification, school finance, educator rights, education funding, charter schools, staff compensation, state aid, retention allotment, rural health, hospital funding, healthcare access, mental health services, financial stability
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The local tax for two pennies on it.
- Pays a local property tax, local income tax, in addition to a state income tax. Crazy.
- You know, I think every local taxpayer is happier knowing that their local tax dollars are actually staying
- Because the local governments increase their taxes and eat that up.
- and the local government tax increases that go along with it.
Keywords:
property tax, homestead exemption, school funding, state aid, constitutional amendment, SJR 2, Senate Joint Resolution 2, property tax relief, school property tax, ad valorem tax, residence homestead, school district taxes, Texas Constitution Article VIII, public school finance, homeowner exemption, elderly exemption, senior tax relief, disabled exemption, tax year 2025, voter approval
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- local taxes, those collected by cities and counties.
- When voters reject a tax hike election, the taxing unit should not be permitted to creatively wiggle
- Okay, not sales tax elections? I understand it only to mean bond elections. Okay, thank you.
- It's in place similar protections for tax rate elections.
- So if you read the SB2, it's a tax rate election, right?
Bills:
HB19, HB30, HB851, HB1663, HB1681, HB1769, HB1937, HB1979, HB2428, HB2433, HB2825, HB3159, HB3424, HB3486, HB3487, HB3504, HB3605, HB3879, HB3994, HB4382, HB4752, HB5444, HB5446, HB5447, HB3199, HB4847, HB19
Keywords:
local government debt, property tax, ad valorem tax, bond election, certificate of obligation, anticipation note, school district tax rate, voter-approval rate, debt service cap, municipal finance, county bonds, flood control district, hospital district, public works, tax transparency, property tax notice, November uniform election date, general obligation bonds, local debt reform, taxpayer notice
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- A local district attorney that is elected. 25 allegations of election crimes at best could be in conflict
- for the issuance of bonds or other debt or a tax rate increase election required by tax code 2607 shall
- But there are real problems with local election officials and candidates not following the law.
- , local government, and local elected officials such as those who pass county budgets. and oversee elections
- Restricting the activity of local officials, many of whom are elected, is an infringement on local democracy
Keywords:
elections, Election Code, poll workers, election clerks, presiding judge, alternate presiding judge, polling place, central counting station, county chair, political party, gubernatorial election, vote counting, election administration, Texas elections, precinct officials, ballot counting, county election officials, election integrity, election fraud, Attorney General
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- requires registration with Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, in the payment of a $200 tax
- bill that we passed one or two sessions ago actually allows you to possess a suppressor. without a tax
- But all 50 states and territories ban SBRs unless you have a tax stamp.
- But there are only, even with a tax stamp, there are only nine states that ban SBR. but those are also
- Many of you have seen me here before testifying on election integrity bills. and I'll be here for the
Keywords:
elections, Election Code, poll workers, election clerks, presiding judge, alternate presiding judge, polling place, central counting station, county chair, political party, gubernatorial election, vote counting, election administration, Texas elections, precinct officials, ballot counting, county election officials, election integrity, election fraud, Attorney General