Houston Chronicle (Paywall)

But while cities and counties have been a frequent target of Abbott and other Texas leaders, a large and growing chunk of many Texans’ tax bills has mostly been ignored: the thousands of special purpose districts that operate across the state. The districts — which encompass an enormous variety of government functions, from wildlife management to health care to waste disposal — have largely avoided the same rate limits that lawmakers have put on other taxing entities, even as more Texans pay property taxes to a special purpose district than ever before.

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