HB 2046 - Mental Health Initiatives in Public Schools (funded by LTC)

[Papa_Tiger]

https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/Hi ... ill=HB2046

Creates a grant program to fund mental health initiatives that address prevention and the impact of gun violence. Limited to counties with a population of 2-3.3 million (Bexar, Dallas, Tarrant)

To fund this grant, increases the cost of a new LTC to $140 (from $40) and a renewal to $70 (from $40). Application fee increased from $40 to $100.

[joe817]

https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/Hi ... ill=HB2046

Creates a grant program to fund mental health initiatives that address prevention and the impact of gun violence. Limited to counties with a population of 2-3.3 million (Bexar, Dallas, Tarrant)

To fund this grant, increases the cost of a new LTC to $140 (from $40) and a renewal to $70 (from $40). Application fee increased from $40 to $100.

Uggghhhhh! Horrible bill!! Obviously a feeble effort to curtail the interests of those seeking an LTC.

[Flightmare]

So they are wanting to move the prices BACK up to what they were?

[RoyGBiv]

2A advocates have to foot the bill for mental health in schools? Infringe much?

[srothstein]

Creates a grant program to fund mental health initiatives that address prevention and the impact of gun violence. Limited to counties with a population of 2-3.3 million (Bexar, Dallas, Tarrant)

Just Dallas and Tarrant. Bexar is just under 1.8 million. Statewide tax for two counties? Sure, that sounds fair to me.

[C-dub]

Isn't that the liberal motto, "Why pay for it yourself if you can get someone else to pay for it for you?"

[joe817]

Creates a grant program to fund mental health initiatives that address prevention and the impact of gun violence. Limited to counties with a population of 2-3.3 million (Bexar, Dallas, Tarrant)

Just Dallas and Tarrant. Bexar is just under 1.8 million. Statewide tax for two counties? Sure, that sounds fair to me.

Close, according to one website:

"Harris County - 4,525,519
Dallas County - 2,552,213
.
Tarrant County - 1,983,675
Bexar County - 1,892,004
Travis County - 1,176,584"

All the other counties in Texas have populations of less than 1,000,000 people.
https://www.texas-demographics.com/coun ... population

But...that is only one website that I checked out. YMMV

[apostate]

https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/Hi ... ill=HB2046

Creates a grant program to fund mental health initiatives that address prevention and the impact of gun violence. Limited to counties with a population of 2-3.3 million (Bexar, Dallas, Tarrant)

To fund this grant, increases the cost of a new LTC to $140 (from $40) and a renewal to $70 (from $40). Application fee increased from $40 to $100.

How about funding it with a $100 tax on every student in public school. Oh well, yet another reason to let my Texas LTC lapse.

Here's an idea. How about funding public schools with a tax on public school students, instead of taxing homeowners who have no children.

[srothstein]

Creates a grant program to fund mental health initiatives that address prevention and the impact of gun violence. Limited to counties with a population of 2-3.3 million (Bexar, Dallas, Tarrant)

Just Dallas and Tarrant. Bexar is just under 1.8 million. Statewide tax for two counties? Sure, that sounds fair to me.

Close, according to one website:

"Harris County - 4,525,519
Dallas County - 2,552,213
.
Tarrant County - 1,983,675
Bexar County - 1,892,004
Travis County - 1,176,584"

All the other counties in Texas have populations of less than 1,000,000 people.
https://www.texas-demographics.com/coun ... population

But...that is only one website that I checked out. YMMV

That is the current populations. The law requires them to go by the last decennial census. In 2010, Bexar was a little lower.

I do not know why, but Bexar was included in the mandatory low income housing exemption, which is optional in Tarrant, Dallas, and Harris. The 2010 legislature adjusted the cutoff to 1.8 million to keep Bexar in mandatory. I got stuck getting the census bureau populations after that session and checking which property tax laws affect which counties and cities. I was always curious why Bexar was below the cutoff in that one law.

When you read our property tax laws, we have a lot of weird rules to specify where they apply. One I always liked was where a county has a population between 285,000 and 300,000 AND bordered a county with a population over 3.3 million AND the Gulf of Mexico (Tax Code section 31.03). I was originally told this was because it is illegal to write a law just for a specific county. But Tax Code Section 11.33 makes coca and coffee beans exempt if they are held in Harris County, by name.