The county and city governments approved the 50 percent reductions in the facility's taxable property value.
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Days after a similar proposal collapsed under the weight of public pressure in another part of the state, a property tax abatement has been approved in Bastrop County by the Smithville ISD.
An economic development tax incentive program is on the verge of sunsetting after the Senate declined to pass legislation extending it for two years.
