Committee on Ways & Means

Ways and Means

(a) The committee shall have 13 members, with jurisdiction over:

(1) all bills and resolutions proposing to raise state revenue;
(2) all bills or resolutions proposing to levy state taxes or other fees;
(3) all proposals to modify, amend, or change any existing state tax or revenue statute;
(4) all proposals to regulate the manner of collection of state revenues and taxes;
(5) all bills and resolutions containing provisions resulting in automatic allocation of funds from the state treasury;
(6) all bills and resolutions diverting funds from the state treasury or preventing funds from going in that otherwise would be placed in the state treasury;
(7) all bills and resolutions proposing to permit a local government to raise revenue;
(8) all bills and resolutions proposing to permit a local government to levy or impose property taxes, sales and use taxes, or other taxes and fees;
(9) all proposals to modify, amend, or change any existing local government tax or revenue statute;
(10) all proposals to regulate the manner of collection of local government revenues and taxes;
(11) all bills and resolutions relating to the appraisal of property for taxation;
(12) all bills and resolutions relating to the Tax Code; and
(13) the following organizations and state agencies: the Multistate Tax Commission and the Comptroller of Public Accounts.
(b) The committee has one permanent standing subcommittee, a subcommittee on Property Tax Appraisals, to consider all matters relating to the appraisal of property for taxation.