Texas Tribune: Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick prioritizes property tax relief, electric grid fixes and border security for 2023 legislative session.
Highlighted areas:
- property tax relief
- the power grid
- border security
- law enforcement
- education
- election
Here is a list of the Lieutenant Governors' legislative priorities, click here for the source.
- Expand the business personal property tax exemption to at least $100,000
- Build more natural gas power plants for the state’s main power grid
- Level the financial playing field between renewable and thermal sources of electricity generation
- Establish a Rural Law Enforcement Fund to buttress local budgets in low-population counties
- Provide a pay enhancement for sheriff’s offices
- Create a 10-year minimum sentence for those who use a firearm in a crime
- Codify a mechanism to recall district attorneys and judges who facilitate the release of a criminal on bond who then goes on to commit another crime
- Add more funding for border security
- Invest more in additional mental health facilities
- Finish restoration of the Alamo
- Trim debt where possible
- Create a university-subsidization fund for institutions other than the University of Texas and Texas A&M University
- Expand scholarship opportunities for teachers and law enforcement
- Increase teacher salaries
- Issue a “13th Check” or a cost-of-living adjustment for retired teachers
- “Empower parents by giving them a voice in their children’s education”
- Add to school safety funding
- Reform tenure in higher education institutions
- Restore the penalty for voter fraud to a felony
- “Ensure timely counting of votes and review of machines”
