Last November, Texas voters approved 17 constitutional amendments, including one that would allow the surviving spouses of disabled veterans, whose deaths were connected to their service, to receive property tax breaks on their homes.
Proposition 7 was approved overwhelmingly by more than 86% of voters, and the state anticipated there would be no significant cost.
But during a recent presentation to the Commissioners Court, Bexar County’s Budget and Finance Department attributed a $1.3 billion property value loss in its upcoming budget to “the disabled veteran’s widows qualifying for their spouse’s exemption.”…