Testimony before the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Special Water Districts Committee on HB 3028 continued by Kathleen Hartnett White
Why bring back a crony tax break program in Texas?
Calling business welfare, or crony capitalism, an economic development tool does not change what is happening in such transactions, nor does it make it better policy. In the 87th Session of the Texas Legislature, in 2021, a wonderful thing happened: Chapter 313 of the Texas Tax Code was allowed to expire without lawmakers renewing it....