Paxton Targets 130 Texas Cities Over SB 1851 Tax-Transparency Violations
TL;DR
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced enforcement actions against more than 130 Texas cities for allegedly failing to meet SB 1851’s audit and transparency requirements, barring them from raising property taxes above the no-new-revenue rate as part of an ongoing statewide investigation after documents were requested from over 1,000 municipalities.
- Attorney General Ken Paxton Sends Letters Prohibiting Over 130 Texas Cities from Illegally Raising Taxes After They Failed to be Transparent With Taxpayers Attorney General (.gov)
- Why more than 130 Texas cities can't raise property taxes in 2026 USA Today
- Paxton notifies Horizon City, San Elizario of property tax cap under SB 1851 probe KFOX
- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton blocks more than 130 cities from raising property taxes The Texas Tribune
- TX AG: Over 10 East Texas cities barred from raising taxes after failing to meet audit, transparency requirements KLTV.com
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