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2 • TAX_POLICYUpper Sabine Valley Solid Waste Management District (Wood County)

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

Presented in: Upper Sabine Valley Solid Waste Management District Board of Directors Regular Meeting on 2020-05-13
Meeting Agenda PDFOfficial Minutes PDF

Official Roll-Call Vote

Restrains Gov't • 2.0/10 Impact Weight
PASSED (4 - 1)
“Motion to approve Resolution Expanding Homestead & Over-65 / Disabled Taxpayer Ad Valorem Exemption”
LB
Larry Bartram
Director, Place 3
NO
DS
Dan Strickland
Director, Place 4
YES
DB
Dodd Burum
Director, Place 5
YES
MT
Marcus Taylor
Director, Place 1
YES
JW
John Whitsell
Director, Place 2
YES

Staff Report & Agenda Item Details

Formal fiscal and ad valorem tax policy consideration during the 2020-05-13 session of Upper Sabine Valley Solid Waste Management District Board of Directors 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.