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2. Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts - Wikipedia

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   The predecessor to the current comptroller's office started in 1846. The longest-serving Comptrollers in Texas history were Robert S. Calvert, who held the post for 26 consecutive years for an unprecedented twelve terms; George H. Sheppard, who served for 18 years over nine two-year terms; and Bob Bullock, who served for 16 years for four four-year terms and later was notable as one of the ...

3. Government of Texas - Wikipedia

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   The government of Texas operates under the Constitution of Texas and consists of a unitary democratic state government operating under a presidential system that uses the Dillon Rule, as well as governments at the county and municipal levels. Austin is the capital of Texas. The State Capitol resembles the United States Capitol in Washington, D ...

4. Glenn Hegar - Wikipedia

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   Glenn Allen Hegar Jr. (born November 25, 1970) [1][2] is an American attorney who serves as Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. He was a Republican member of the Texas Senate representing the 18th District, west of Houston. [3] He succeeded fellow Republican Susan Combs as comptroller on January 2, 2015. [4][5] He was elected Comptroller in ...

5. Secretary of State of Texas - Wikipedia

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   Under the Texas Constitution the secretary of state is, with the governor, the lieutenant governor, the comptroller of public accounts, the commissioner of the Office of General Land and the attorney general, one of the six members of the Executive Department. Of these offices all are elected by the voters in statewide elections except the ...

6. Carole Keeton Strayhorn - Wikipedia

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   University of Texas at Austin (BA) Carole Stewart Keeton (born September 13, 1939), formerly known as Carole Keeton McClellan, Carole Keeton Rylander and Carole Keeton Strayhorn, is an American politician and the former Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. Elected to the comptroller's post in 1998 as a Republican, Keeton ran as an independent ...

7. Texas Tax Code Chapter 313 - Wikipedia

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   A 2021 report to the Texas Legislature by the Texas Comptroller reported 509 active limitation agreements, representing an estimated $134 billion of total investment through 2019. That report indicates that for projects commencing between 2006 and 2020, local school property tax revenue reductions due to limitation agreements are approximately ...

8. Robin Hood plan - Wikipedia

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   The Robin Hood Plan is a colloquialism given to a provision of Texas Senate Bill 7 (73rd Texas Legislature) (the provision is officially referred to as "recapture"), originally enacted by the U.S. state of Texas in 1993 (and revised frequently since then) to provide equity of school financing within all school districts in the state of Texas.

9. Sam Houston Terrell - Wikipedia

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   Terrell was elected as a Democrat to the office of Comptroller of Public Accounts in 1924. He was re-elected in 1926 and 1928. In 1929, the 41st Legislature created the first "State Auditor and Efficiency Expert" position in Texas state government. [ 1] In 1930, the State Auditor filed his first report with the legislature and made strong ...