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• It's the one gift that keeps on giving, uh, that precludes the ability to increase taxes because we're
• precludes the ability to increase taxes precludes the ability to increase taxes because<00:11:42.399
• <00:26:02.799> code associated tax code associated tax code and<00:26:04.960> that's
• It can file tax returns. It can contract with banks. It can have a bank account.
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Bills: HB0075, HB0128

Keywords: virtual currency, kiosk, financial institutions, regulation, Wyoming Money Transmitters Act, penalties, severance tax, oil production, tax exemption, energy sector, economic impact, 916, all

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• <01:12:47.920> tax enhanced oil recovery severance tax enhanced oil recovery severance tax
• tax actually affects that the severance tax actually affects anything. anything. anything.
• Gas is never included in this uh severance tax reduction.
• Gas is never included in this severance tax reduction.
• <01:42:42.880> tax included in this uh severance tax included in this uh severance tax reduction

Bills: HB0075, HB0128

Keywords: virtual currency, kiosk, financial institutions, regulation, Wyoming Money Transmitters Act, penalties, severance tax, oil production, tax exemption, energy sector, economic impact, 916, all

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• <00:47:59.920> tax locations for uh this uh severance tax locations for uh this uh severance
• And on the severance tax side, Representative Keville said he's getting some criticism on that.
• I think it's important to know that what a severance tax reduction in this bill would do is it would
• And on the severance tax side, Representative Keville said he's getting some criticism on that.
• I think it's important to know that what a severance tax reduction in this bill would do is it would

Bills: HB0120, HB0043, HB0128

Keywords: energy production, natural gas, industrial sovereignty, manufacturing, tax exemptions, money laundering, illegal investment, financial institutions, criminal activity, Wyoming legislation, severance tax, oil production, tax exemption, energy sector, economic impact, 916, all

Bills: HB0120, HB0043, HB0128

Keywords: energy production, natural gas, industrial sovereignty, manufacturing, tax exemptions, money laundering, illegal investment, financial institutions, criminal activity, Wyoming legislation, severance tax, oil production, tax exemption, energy sector, economic impact, 916, all

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• The appropriations in the bill include $445 million in the general fund, $444 million in severance tax
• bonds, and $280 million in supplemental severance tax bonds. tax bonds, and $280 million in supplemental
• severance tax bonds.
• And then on the severance bonds, are we putting those... toward the projects that will go out in the
• We really appreciate all that you do to ...help us understand these tax policies that we're trying to

Bills: SB240

Keywords: capital outlay, capital projects, severance tax bonds, general fund appropriations, supplemental severance tax bonds, UNM School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, infrastructure, state buildings, courts, schools, higher education, road improvements, water and wastewater, tribal infrastructure, tribal projects, public safety, housing, emergency services, bonding

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• Taxes should come from those most able to afford those taxes.
• I want to speak directly to the journalism tax credit and the printer tax credit.
• How we tax people inside the state and tariffs and import taxes are outside of our country.
• Time, tax policy meant what can we afford to give in tax breaks.
• to give a tax break.

Bills: SB240

Keywords: capital outlay, capital projects, severance tax bonds, general fund appropriations, supplemental severance tax bonds, UNM School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, infrastructure, state buildings, courts, schools, higher education, road improvements, water and wastewater, tribal infrastructure, tribal projects, public safety, housing, emergency services, bonding

Bills: SB1390

Keywords: gross production tax, oil and gas, natural gas, casinghead gas, oil revenue, tax apportionment, revenue sharing, county highway fund, school funding, average daily attendance, general revenue fund, revenue stabilization fund, county bridge and road improvement, state transportation fund, preserving and advancing county transportation fund, education funding, higher education, student aid, tourism funding, conservation funding

Bills: HB156, HB474, HB602, HB633, HB852

Keywords: severance tax, parish revenue, constitutional amendment, natural resources, local government funding, HB 474, Act 400, Louisiana income tax, tax refund checkoff, refund donation, alumni association, Grambling University National Alumni Association, Louisiana Tech University Alumni Association, Department of Revenue, Title 47, voluntary contribution, tax return designation, state tax refund, nonprofit donation, higher education

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• It requires any remaining severance tax funds collected from sand and stone mining, after constitutional
• It requires any remaining severance tax funds collected from sand and stone mining, after constitutional
• It makes this bill look like House Bill 802, so you've got the deposits of the severance, the reporting
• We do have several cards here.
• So it moves it out of title of... have several cards here, present willing to provide information.

Bills: SB143, SB367, SB388, SB398

Keywords: bulletproof vests, body armor, peace officers, law enforcement funding, police equipment, officer safety, local police, sheriff's office, municipal police, parish law enforcement, grant fund, special fund, Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement, criminal justice, protective gear, NIJ standards, USMCA, small agencies, public safety, Act 739

Summary: The House Committee on Appropriations met on May 18, 2026, and considered four Senate bills. SB 143 would create a special protective equipment fund for bulletproof vests for peace officers, with the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement to regulate distribution; an amendment was adopted to standardize fund language, and the bill was reported favorably as amended. SB 367 would create the Watershed Restoration and Conservation Fund and direct remaining severance tax revenue from sand and stone mining into it; an amendment was adopted to align it with HB 802, and the bill was reported favorably as amended. Members discussed the bill as a way to support watershed and flood-related restoration efforts, including the Amite River Basin. SB 388 would authorize review of state contracts involving foreign adversary nations or terrorist organizations and remove a trigger clause from a prior law; members noted it carried no fiscal note and that the Division of Administration said the review could be done at no cost. The bill was reported favorably. SB 398 would reorganize manufactured housing regulation by moving oversight from the fire marshal’s office to the Contractors Board, consolidating residential housing oversight, moving licensees to Title 37, and increasing inspection rates statewide; an amendment was adopted to conform fund language, and the bill was reported favorably as amended. The committee then adjourned.

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• Senator Corm, the Revenue Tax and Taxation Committee will come to order. Mr.
• and accessing the tax credit.
• And just like when we first passed the tax credit program, it took us a year to sit down with the tax
• It's not any more than a double, and taxed accordingly.
• Currently, Oklahoma tax law allows favorable tax treatment for traditional health insurance but doesn't

Bills: SB683, SB1579, SB1389, SB1387, SB1390, SB1391, SB2063, SB1829, SB2060, SB1842, SB1398, SB1212, SB2158, SB102

Keywords: education, tax credit, student support, private school, Oklahoma Parental Choice Tax Credit, financial assistance, homeschooling, qualified expenses, property tax, valuation increase, taxpayer rights, homestead, protest process, school choice, tuition assistance, income limits, parental choice, accreditation, sales tax, motor vehicles

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• Energy Alliance as a consultant on tax policy matters.
• tax credits on the value going forward.
• Or do they take the tax break and then turn around, get that money, that tax incentive, and then reinvest
• I would turn to our tax experts. Mr.
• It's not a pure TID, which is a tax increment development district.

Bills: HB248, HB309, HB332, SB48

Keywords: general obligation bonds, GO bonds, capital projects, bond election, property tax levy, state debt, state finance, capital outlay, senior centers, senior citizen facilities, aging services, long-term services, libraries, library acquisitions, broadband for libraries, higher education, university capital projects, community colleges, tribal schools, special schools

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• tax credit to include urban underserved areas.
• And when we look at the property tax abatement, the way that that works is we look at the current taxes
• they're paying and we freeze those taxes.
• They make a payment in lieu of taxes back to all the taxing authorities.
• Chairman, is there any update on a tax package?

Bills: HB248, HB309, HB332, SB48

Keywords: general obligation bonds, GO bonds, capital projects, bond election, property tax levy, state debt, state finance, capital outlay, senior centers, senior citizen facilities, aging services, long-term services, libraries, library acquisitions, broadband for libraries, higher education, university capital projects, community colleges, tribal schools, special schools

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• The department will also identify potential funding sources, including federal tax credits, donations
• There are several.
• None of these are a debt to the state or paid by tax dollars.
• As you know, Texas is experiencing a severe behavioral health workforce shortage.
• I think it does it in several ways. I think it provides some more money up front.

Bills: HB158, HB714, HB 1198, HB1630, HB1998, HB3509, HB3788, HB3875, HB3948, HB3977, HB4097, HB4313, HB4314, HB4317, HB158

Keywords: housing, veterans, surplus government property, affordable housing, funding sources, housing assistance, homeless prevention, landlord incentives, rural housing, domestic violence, community development, tenant readiness, program participants, financial assistance, homelessness, rental support, Texas Tenant Readiness Program, tenant assistance, housing stability, Texas Department of Housing

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• It requires that all severance agreements...
• ' worth of property taxes.
• are not based on tax levy at all.
• Constitutionally, ESDs have a $0.10 per hundred tax cap, one of the lowest taxing entities we have in
• They’re going to take away a piece of the tax base, and our tax rate in the ESD in my area is half the

Bills: HB158, HB714, HB 1198, HB1630, HB1998, HB3509, HB3788, HB3875, HB3948, HB3977, HB4097, HB4313, HB4314, HB4317, HB158

Keywords: housing, veterans, surplus government property, affordable housing, funding sources, housing assistance, homeless prevention, landlord incentives, rural housing, domestic violence, community development, tenant readiness, program participants, financial assistance, homelessness, rental support, Texas Tenant Readiness Program, tenant assistance, housing stability, Texas Department of Housing

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• Then you're going to have your city tax, your county taxes, your flood taxes, and your port taxes.
• property tax relief.
• For the property taxes from our tax rolls to benefit a far-off entity.
• lost tax revenue.
• Tarrant County Appraisal District of new tax-exempt properties on our tax roll.

Bills: HB21, HB211, HB223, HB323, HB524, HB530, HB636, HB762, HB21, HB211, HB223

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

Bills: HB21, HB211, HB223, HB323, HB524, HB530, HB636, HB762, HB21, HB211, HB223

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

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• I made the bill originally said all several Taxes would be suspended during the recovery of the cost
• The state is never going to receive the benefit of severance taxes, which which extend far beyond the
• It encourages activity that is not occurring today by providing a targeted tax exemption. severance tax
• If you look at severance tax reported in 2020, we were right at $4 billion.
• So I'm foregoing just a little bit of sales tax to bring in a whole. bunch of severance tax on the backside

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

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• This is huge across the state, but a portion of the severance tax needs to be allocated.
• What it does is commit a percentage; 12% of the oil and gas severance tax will be allocated.
• This means that a net of 9% of the total oil and gas severance tax goes into the growth fund that will
• If you look at just the last 10 years in the Permian Basin, severance tax breaks, and production as a
• The State Broadband Fund was funded in part from severance taxes a couple of years ago.

Bills: HB188, HB265, HJR35, HJR47, SB1901, HB188, HB265, HJR35

Keywords: Texas STRONG defense fund, severance tax revenue, oil and gas revenue, constitutional transfers, rainy day fund, economic stabilization fund, state highway fund, oil and gas production, qualifying county, county grants, water infrastructure, first responders, public safety, DPS staffing, commercial motor vehicle safety, gang violence prevention, human trafficking prevention, economic development, TxDOT grants, school districts

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• So it really depends on the pace of the cigarette tax decline.

Bills: SB152, SB145, SB190, HB247

Keywords: telecommunications, low-income assistance, lifeline, broadband, rural broadband, universal service fund, public regulation commission, PRC, 911 surcharge, telecommunications relay service, VoIP, mobile service, internet affordability, digital equity, digital inclusion, rural internet, broadband infrastructure, eligible telecommunications carrier, ETC, tribal consent

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• Leaving billions, we're talking several billions in federal dollars not audited.
• And that's where I struggle because I've gotten that answer from several of you.
• And that's where I struggle because I've gotten that answer from several of you, but that's not in this
• That's the money you draw from in the event that tax dollars don't materialize the way we're anticipated
• Your biggest tranche of reserves is down at the bottom, your tax stabilization reserve, which is at $2.5

Bills: SB152, SB145, SB190, HB247

Keywords: telecommunications, low-income assistance, lifeline, broadband, rural broadband, universal service fund, public regulation commission, PRC, 911 surcharge, telecommunications relay service, VoIP, mobile service, internet affordability, digital equity, digital inclusion, rural internet, broadband infrastructure, eligible telecommunications carrier, ETC, tribal consent