House OKs Property Tax Limits Amid Special Session Flap

AUSTIN (AP) — The Texas House has advanced a contentious property tax bill, one of two proposals that the head of the Texas Senate threatened could spark a special legislative session if they fail to pass. The proposal seeks to limit local governments’ ability to raise property taxes, which local officials oppose. A bill containing deeper property tax limits passed the Senate but stalled in the House. A scaled-back House version was attached to another bill Saturday, however, and passed 135-0, despite tea party legislators agitating for more.