What to do with the multi-billion dollar budget surplus is one of the big questions of the 88th Texas Legislature.
Republican leaders have spent a lot of time focused on competing plans to use the extra money to provide property tax relief, as well as pay raises for teachers and retirees.
State Rep. James Talarico (D-Round Rock) is pitching a more direct idea. He has a package of bills described as inflation relief that would pause the collection of several state related fees for a year. Now, this moratorium would be on tolls, vehicle registration and inspections, as well as creating another sales tax holiday in January for household goods.
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