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2 • TAX_POLICYBLUM ISD (Hill County)

Resolution Expanding Homestead & Over-65 / Disabled Taxpayer Ad Valorem Exemption

Presented in: BLUM ISD Board of Trustees Regular Meeting on 2013-09-16
Meeting Agenda PDFOfficial Minutes PDF

Official Roll-Call Vote

Restrains Gov't • 2.0/10 Impact Weight
PASSED (6 - 0)
“Motion to approve Resolution Expanding Homestead & Over-65 / Disabled Taxpayer Ad Valorem Exemption”
SS
Steve Stone
Trustee, Place 5 (Place 5)
YES
DV
Denver Vardeman
Trustee, Place 6 (Place 6)
YES
SG
Steve Gant
Trustee, Place 1 (Place 1)
YES
JM
Joe Maxwell
Trustee, Place 2 (Place 2)
YES
JA
Jonathan Arrington
Trustee, Place 3 (Place 3)
YES
JK
James Koonsman
Trustee, Place 4 (Place 4)
YES

Staff Report & Agenda Item Details

Formal fiscal and ad valorem tax policy consideration during the 2013-09-16 session of BLUM ISD Board of Trustees Regular Meeting.

Bastiat Liberty & Property Rights Analysis

This motion is scored as RESTRAINS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 2.0/10). Under the Bastiat Liberty Watchdog Index, voting YES on measures that cap or reduce ad valorem tax burdens, expand taxpayer exemptions, retire debt early, enforce competitive bidding caps, or remove regulatory/zoning barriers to private property rights earns a positive Pro-Liberty score.