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CHEROKEEAN/HERALD of Rusk, Texas - Thursday, August 2, 2001 - Page 3
Comptroller of Public Accounts
City Sales Tax Rebates Released July 2001
Cities
Rate
Net Payment
Comparable payment
% Change
2001
2000
% Change
this period
prior year
to date
to date
payments
payments
Alto
1.0%
3,716.65
3,320.72
11.92%
35,833.01
33,493.82
6.98%
Cuney
1.5%
6,725.21
5,746.90
17.02%
41,559.58
43,754.03
-5.01%
Jacksonville
1.5%
182,207.66
155,256.07
17.35%
1,337,807.04
1,281,748.27
4.37%
New Summerfield
1.0%
1,319.44
1,038.83
27.01%
8,817.29
8,996.53
-1.99%
Rusk
1.5%
22,411.22
19,703.30
13.74%
205,320.89
175,544.94
16.96%
Wells
1.0%
1,059.93
1,580.69
-32.94%
11,178.99
10,988.44
1.73%
Total
$217,440.11
186,646.51
16.49%
1,640,516.80
1,554,526.03
5.53%
Cherokee Co.
0.5%
$82,095.48
$67,334.97
21.92%
599,948.55
$579,002.81
3.61%
Cherokee County taxes show
1.20% increase, year-to-date
Except for Cuney and New
Summerfield, all Cherokee
county cities posted modest
increases in sales tax rebates
in year-to-dat© figures.
Texas Comptroller Carole
Keeton Rylander recently
delivered $219.3 million in
local sales tax revenue to
1,109 Texas cities and 119
counties.
June sales tax rebates are up
5.4 percent compared to June
2000. "Year-to-date. sales tax
rebates to cities and counties
are up 6.1 percent compared
to 2000.
June sales tax rebates
include $201.7 million to
Texas cities, up 4.9 percent
compared to last year, In
addition, $75 million went
to Texas' six metropolitan
transit authorities and two
city transit systems.
The Comptroller's next sales
tax allocation is scheduled for
Monday Aug. 13.
Guest Commentary
Legislature Passes Largest Payraise Ever for DCJ, MHMR
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Chuck Hopson
State Representative
By Rep. Chuck Hopson
House District 11
Special to Cherokeean!Herald
Well . . . the Texas House
of Representatives has
adjourned Sine Die, officially
ending the 77th Session of the
Texas Legislature.
I have worked hard to repre-
sent the interests of District 11
and we have passed a budget
that invests in public educa-
tion, provides increased access
to quality healthcare, and
provides the largest-ever state
employee pay raise.
Te x a s
law-
makers
passed a
balanced
s t, a t, e
budget of
$ 1 11. 8
billion for
the next
two years
w i t h o u t
raising
taxes.
Educa-
tion is the
largest expenditure with more
than 42 percent of the budget
dedicated to enhancing the
education system in Texas.
Education funding includes
increased state and federal
money for new school text-
books, reduction of the student
to teacher ratio (class size),
public school employee health
insurance, schoolbreakfastand
lunch programs, and grants for
special education and school
renovation programs. The Leg-
islature also provided $280.2
million more for the TEXAS
Grant program, which will
assist students from working
Texas families afford a college
education.
Students in Texas' public
schools will benefit fiom new
programs such as the math
initiative, which offers inten-
sive training and bonuses for
welLtrained math teachers
and character education, which
I co-authored. The statewide
public school employee health
insurance program will also
improve the quality of public
education in Texas by helping
recruit and retain talented and
experienced teachers.
Texas' Health and Human
services programs received a
boost in funding that will assist
Texans in meeting their basic
healthcare needs. Additional
funding was included for
the Children's Health Insur-
ance Program (CHIP), which
offers affordable comprehen-
sive health insurance to chil-
dren of working Texas families
who cannot afford the high cost
of private health insurance.
I was able to pass a law that
will make generic chugs mor é
available. It is estimated that
it will save the consumers of
Texas $140 million and the
State of Texas $20 million.
We addressed the rising cost
of prescription drugs by enact-
ing legislation that provides
prescription chug benefits to
seniors in need, establishes
a program to negotiate lower
drug prices for state agencies,
creates a process to evaluate
drug purchasing co-operatives
for Texas consumers, and
provides Texans with informa-
tion about pharmaceutical
assistance programs offered by
pharmaceutical companies.
We delivered, the largest-
ever, payraises for TDCJ and
MHMR employees. The pro-
posed career ladder pay raise
package includes $103.5 mil-
lion for Texas Department of
Criminal Justice correctional
officers, laundry, food service
workers, parole officers, case
managers, and an additional
$17 milhonfór the Texas Youth
Commission to keep their pay
equal to the aclult correction
officers. Tho se state: employee s
not covered specifically by the
career ladder package will
receive a 4 percent or $100 per
month pay raise, whichever
is better.
The pay raise package will
increase starting salaries by
8 percent from $18,924 to
$20,592 for beginning pay,
but would also provide for
increases in the first year
up to a salary of S2 t.>132
and increase salaries of more
experienced officers with eight
years of service to $31,068,
which is 16.25 percent higher.
Anew category of supervisors
includes sergeants, lieuten-
ants, captains and majors, will
pay from $32,136 to $36.864.
While it is not as much as I
had hoped for, I beheve it is
a good start.
Redisricting was also a
battle. Growth is evident across
the state. According to the
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census bureau, Texas had
20,851,820 people residing in
the state on April 1, 2000. As
a result, Texas is entitled to
two additional congressional
members for the next Congress.
Closer to home. Cherokee
County saw an increase fiom
43,395 to 46,659, Anderson
County saw an increase from
53,363 to 55.109. Leon County
saw an increase from 14,914 to
15.335, and Robertson County
saw an increase from 15,550
to 16,000. House District 11
overall garnered an increase
from 127,222 in 1990 to 133,103
in 2000. According to rechstrict-
ing guidelines, this constitutes
a population base: within +/-
5 percent of the ideal chstrict,
that has 139,012.
There have been some
changes proposed to our chs-
trict. The plan that we passed
in the House calls for removing
Robertson and Leon Counties,
while adding Houston and
Freestone Counties. Therefore,
House District 11 wouldbe com-
prised of Anderson, Cherokee,
Freestone and Houston Coun-
ties. Unfortunately the House
redistricting pi an became a
victim to the process, and the
Senate coulcl not get a plan
passed on the floor. Redistrict-
ing, is now in the hands of Leg-
islative Redistricting Board. I
pledge to continue fighting for
the people that I was elected
to represent.
For further information
about this legislative session.
Rep. Hopson encourages those
interested to review the hst
of legislation below. In addi-
tion, constituents may contact
my office at P.O. Box 2910,
Austin 78768-2910 or visit
the State of Texas website
atwww. capitol. state, tx. us.
Action of the 77th Legisla-
ture that will affect many
Texans include the fact that
private information of Texans
will be moré secure because
p;ilienl medical records will
be protected from disclosure
for marketing purposes (SB
11). The Department of Public
Safety will be prohibited from
releasing any personal infor-
mation from a driver's license
application, and this informa-
tion will no longer be sold for
bulk distribution, solicitation
or marketing purposes (11 B
1544).
Also, credit card, debit card
and charge card numbers
obtained by any governmental
entity will be confidential
(SB 694). State agencies, will
be prohibited from chsclosing
the e-mail address of any
member of the public without
the person's permission (HB
2587): the amount of damages
that may be awarded in a
lawsuit for interception of a
private communication will
be increased from $1,000 to
$10,000 (III? 1823).
Students in Texas public
schools will receive better
math instruction as a result
of a new program of intensive
training for math teachers.
Local school districts may
establish character education
programs with input from
the community, teachers, and
parents to stress respect and
personal responsibility to our
school children (HB 946). Those
attending charier schools will
have teachers who meet higher
standards and charter school
administration wiU be more
open and accountable (HB 6)
and special education students
cannot be locked up alone in
small rooms (SB 1196).
And more students attending
colleges and universities in
Texas will receive financial
assistance as the number of
students receiving TEXAS
Grants increases from 20,000
in 2001 to more than 60,000
in 2003, with a special grant
program, TEXAS Grant II,
for community and technical
college students (SB 1 and
SB 1596).
On health insurance the
state wih spend $ 1.24 billion
to help school districts pro-
vide health insurance for
school employees and all school
employees will receive an
extra $ 1.000 per year to use
on medical expenses or as
adchtional income -- beginning
with the 2002-03 school year.
(HB 3343).
The generic chugs bill (SB
768) will make new application
procedure s easier for the state s
estimate 600,000 uninsured
children in low income familie s
to receive Medicaid coverage
(SB; 43). Insurance plans must
provide reimbursement rates
for women's health services
that are equivalent to other
medical services (SB 8). The:
state will help provide pre-
scription chugs to low-income
seniors who currently are not
receiving chug assistance from
the government (HB 1094),
Nursing home personal needs
allowance was increased to
$60 per month for person;)I
items such as aclult chapers,
clothing, toiletries, magazines,
stationary, etc. (HB 154).
Additional laws affecting
many Texans include one that
allows Texans to put their
name on a "no call hst ' to stop
telephone calls from telemar-
keters by paying a fee of $3 for
three years (1115 472).
Nursing homes will have to
allow the use of video cameras
in residents' rooms (SB 177).
Thanks again for allowing
me to serve you on the floor of
the Texas House.
jacksonville
THE GOOD UFE AT A GREAT PRICE. GUARANTEEDf
Home appliances, electronics, lawn & garden and tools
Sale prices in effect Monday, July 30th through Saturday, August 4th
«5 8 t) ®
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free delivery with mail-in rebate
on all appliances over 399
plus 0% until January 2002 on
all home appliances over s399
when you use your Sears card"
sale
549"
^MAYTAG
Atlantis washer, Save $70
Exclusive TurboRinse™ System,
Load Sensor™ agitator.
#36862. Reg. 619.99
Maytag dryer. #46852.
Reg. 529.99, sale 499.99.
Gas dryer priced higher
249
,99
Whirlpool
Extra Large
capacity dryer,
Sears low price
3 cycles, 2
temperatures.
#40442.
Gas dryer priced higher
99
399
TRPPiin.
gas range,
Plus $20
mail-in rebate
Electronic oven
control, sealed
burners. #63481
Reg. 399.99
Rebate offer good through Aug. 4. In
CT rebate given at register.
sale
288°°
Whirlpool
Super
Capacity
washer,
Save $32
5 cycles, 2
water temps.
#31442.
Reg. 319.99
sale
449"
radiant range,
Save $50
Self-cleaning
oven, electronic
clock/timer.
#95301
Reg. 499.99
469"
qmaytag
dishwasher,
After $30
mail-in rebate
6-tier Jetclean9
wash system.
#19349. Reg.
499.99. Rebate ofier good through
August 25. In CT rebate given at register
sale
899"
Whirlpool
25.4-cu. ft.1
refrigerator.
Save $50
Ice/water
dispenser.
#30522 (Mfr.
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Reg. 949.99
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sale
399"
■FRIGIDAIRE
18.2-cu. ft.f
refrigerator,
Save $30
Adjustable
shelves, meat
drawer. #88852.
Reg. 429.99
final
1049"
0MAY1AG
23.5-cu. ft!
refrigerator,
After $50
mail-in rebate
Water filtration,
V spill-proof
shelves. #37462. (Mfr. #MSD2454GR)
Reg. 1 099.99 Rebate offer goodthru Aug. 4.
In CT rebate given at register
Sun. 12-5 • 903-589-4684
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