AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The House has gotten back to work and unanimously approved a much-anticipated bill to grant disabled veterans relief from property taxes on their homes.
Rep. Kino Flores, a Mission Democrat, and other veterans in the House pushed for the measure. The House approved it Wednesday with applause.
That came after days of a partisan standoff over a voter identification bill, a stalemate that ended Tuesday night with the death of the voter ID bill.
The veterans’ tax relief legislation — allowed in a state constitutional amendment approved by voters — would give totally disabled veterans complete exemptions from homestead property taxes. Partially disabled vets would get partial exemptions.