Texas 83rd Legislative Session Update: HB 548 http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/83R/analysis/html/HB00548H.htm House Bill No. 548 would amend the state’s Tax Code to provide the surviving spouse of a U.S. military member killed in action an exemption from property taxation, under heavily detailed circumstances. The bill contends that there is no way to make up for these great losses, […]

Texas 83rd Legislative Session Update: CHSB 1601 http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/83R/analysis/html/HB01601H.htm C.H.S.B 1601 has a goal of making the mortgage originator licensing process less difficult by decreasing the amount of individual licenses available, and limiting it to one license type. The bill would amend the finance code. It plans to place firm state regulation(s) on residential mortgage loan […]

Texas Political lobbyist Update on the 83rd Legislative Session: Interim Charges on Public Education The following is a digest of a story that originally appeared in the San Saba News Star. The Texas Lobby Group is posting this summary as a pubic service for Texans interested in news about the 83rd Legislative Session.  The House […]