Texas County Progress
The Official Publication of the County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas
Confusion has reigned since 1979 about exactly what Texas County (or Central) Appraisal Districts are, what they do, and who is in charge. To understand, you have to go back to “the way it used to be.” Before 1979, state law provided for each local taxing unit to do its own appraisal of properties within the unit’s boundaries. A single property would be appraised separately … [Read more...] about County Appraisal Districts
A primary responsibility of the tax assessor-collector is to calculate and bill property taxes to provide revenue for county and local jurisdiction budgets, unless this responsibility is contracted to another entity. Tax assessor-collectors are also agents of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, assisting citizens with registration renewals and title transfers of motor … [Read more...] about Tax Assessor-Collector Roles and Responsibilities
The Bee County Courthouse, designed by William C. Stephenson and Fritz Heldenfels, was completed in 1912 for $72,050 and was expanded in 1950. Bee County’s first court session was, in a word, primitive. The courthouse was fashioned of pickets, a clapboard roof, and a dirt floor, with a dry goods box serving as a bench. There were too few men to constitute a jury, so court … [Read more...] about Bee County Courthouse
Open meetings, right of way management, and basic taxation will be among the wide range of topics to be covered at the upcoming South Texas Conference in Nueces County at the Omni Corpus Christi Hotel June 2-5. Registration You may register for this conference at https://bit.ly/SouthConf. Continuing Education Pending approval, this conference will offer 13 … [Read more...] about South Texas Annual Conference
An ambulance desert is defined as an area in which people are more than 25 minutes from an ambulance station. According to a national study and related research report, “Geographic Disparities in the Provision of Ambulance Services,” 94.9 percent of Texas counties include an ambulance desert. The data, released in May 2023, also indicated that Texas has the third-highest … [Read more...] about Resolution Spotlight: Rural Ambulance Funding
