Team Bettencourt
@TeamBettencourt
Texas State Senator, District 7
🔍📊 Texans are being taxed twice, once to fund local services, and again to fund political lobbying they may not support. 💸 In 2023, local governments spent nearly $100 MILLION (up from $75M in 2021) on contract lobbyists, using your tax dollars to influence legislation, and I…
I just filed SB 12 the Ban on taxpayer funded lobbying, let’s drain the swamp, defund the the deep state and get SB 12 passed! Thank you @GregAbbott_TX for putting the ban on taxpayer funded lobbying on the agenda and @DanPatrick for making this bill a priority of the Senate!
Had a chance to catch up with @JasonWhitely @wfaa on my idea of combining old-tech sirens with new-tech cell phone alerts for river alerts in flash flood areas. Why? Cell phones are either turned off at night or alerts are silenced. In fact, Texans turn off emergency alerts five…
Sirens & satellites. State Sen. Paul @TeamBettencourt on his proposal to keep Texans safe during flash floods - but it will require you to do something, as well. Special 30-day legislation session begins Monday. #txlege STORY: wfaa.com/article/news/p…
🚨 BREAKING: The Texas Third Court of Appeals has ruled that cities can no longer undermine state laws again and try to preemptively sue to override state laws‼️ The Court stated: “No amount of repleading will make the State a proper defendant.” search.txcourts.gov/SearchMedia.as… Now…
New: The 3rd COA has ruled in favor of Texas in the lawsuit against the "Death Star bill," reversing the trial court's judgment and dismissing the case for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. #txlege "No amount of repleading will make the State of Texas a proper defendant."…
📄 Here’s the original press release for full context on my SB 1427 (2021), which closes the “disaster declaration loophole” used to hike property taxes during emergencies to ensures taxpayer protections remain in place even during times of crisis. #txlege
This will be the last summer, @TxTurf @JoeTalkShow, any Texas County can use the old 8% Property Tax Rollback to raise property tax bills using a disaster exemption, due to the passage of HB 30 in 2025 by Rep. @EllenTroxclair. (I was the Senate Sponsor.) HB 30 converts all this…
This will be the last summer, @TxTurf @JoeTalkShow, any Texas County can use the old 8% Property Tax Rollback to raise property tax bills using a disaster exemption, due to the passage of HB 30 in 2025 by Rep. @EllenTroxclair. (I was the Senate Sponsor.) HB 30 converts all this…
Wanna know what the Kerr County Commissioners raced to go do at their first meeting since the flood disaster? Unanimously vote to raise our property taxes to the MAX of 8%! Normally, they’d be capped at 3.5% or else it would trigger a public vote. Because it’s during a declared…
🚨The Senate Select Committee on Disaster Preparedness and Flooding as Appointed by @LtGovTX @DanPatrick will make excellent recommendations to all Texans in conjunction with our Texas House Colleagues.‼️ Chair @electcharles, has a long history in Texas water related projects.…
Lt. Governor Dan Patrick Announces Members of the Senate Select Committee on Disaster Preparedness and Flooding: ow.ly/C7tv50WptLW To read more about the Select Committee on Disaster Preparedness and Flooding, read my official statement here: ow.ly/UVhk50WptLY…
Had an important discussion about my idea to bring back old tech sirens with new tech emergency alerts on cellphones in flash flood areas with @CNN @DanaBashCNN live. Now, the important point is we have to do everything we can to fet anyone out of the way of a 20ft+ wall of water…
"When we have hearings, all this will come out... [we] will be asking questions until we get all the answers that we need to make sure that we're doing everything we can to make loss of life, you know, as little as possible in the future," Texas Republican State Senator…
ICYMI: 15th Court of Appeals case ruled AGAIN Texas ISDs is to release their public school accountability ratings! ✅ @TPPF @texas2036 @Commit2Dallas @GHPartnership A district court’s “lawfare” ruling has been OVERTURNED by the 15th Court of Appeals in Morath v.…
🚨Texas A‑F Public Education System Accountability ratings WINS Again! "Lawfare" ruling by a district court Overturned in 15th Court of Appeals ✅ Texas has secured its second major legal victory in the ongoing A‑F school accountability system litigation: In Morath v.…
🚨Texas A‑F Public Education System Accountability ratings WINS Again! "Lawfare" ruling by a district court Overturned in 15th Court of Appeals ✅ Texas has secured its second major legal victory in the ongoing A‑F school accountability system litigation: In Morath v.…