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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1977
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United Press International
bUSTON — The president of
[states largest farm and ranch
pzatipn Tuesday said its mem-
| will work to pass a constitn-
amendment permitting ag-
Itural land to be taxed on its
Buctive value rather than its
jiet value.
irrol Chaloupka of Dalhart, a
grain and cattle man, said the
Farm Bureau was taking the
Ion in response to an attorney
feral’s ruling that a new tax relief
jram was unconstitutional in its
lent form.
Jexas Attorney General John Hill
|ed the opinion in Austin then
i to Houston where he person-
lexplained the situation to 1,500
Mention delegates.
Ihaloupka said he did not blame
lor Gov. Dolph Briscoe for the
lation.
I have no reason to blame him
jscoe), he said. ‘1 don’t blame
body.
“We in agriculture have got to do
a better job. We’ve got to cause the
legislature to move when they need
to move. We re going to do every
thing we can to make it legal.
“The Texas Farm Bureau is very
disappointed by the ruling of the at
torney general, but we know he did
what he had to do,” Chaloupka said.
“We must work harder to have the
amendment to the constitution ap
proved so we can put it to work.”
Hill’s decision said a bill passed
by the 1977 Legislature providing
for taxation of farm and ranch land
on its productive value is uncon
stitutional without a change in the
constitution.
He said sponsors of the bill origi
nally made its effect contingent
upon passage of a constitutional
amendment, and changed the word
ing of the bill only after the pro
posed amendment failed in the
House by one vote.
“Tax relief for farmers and ranch
ers is imperative and is of the high
est urgency. Hill told the group.
“It is essential for those who have
chosen agriculture as a livelihood,
and it is essential for everyone of us
who depend, as we all do, on food
and fiber produced on Texas farms
and ranches.
Hill said the issue — House Bill
22 — simply did not conform to the
Texs Constitution.
“No amount of sugar coating will
hide the bitter taste of the invalidity
of House Bill 22, just as no amount
of gimmickry or legal acrobatics will
save the bill unless the Constitution
is amended,” he said.
Hill, conceding he risked the
anger of the state’s agricultural in
dustry by facing the Farm Bureau
meeting, said he made the trip be
cause some state leaders wanted to
embarrass him.
“It could hurt me some politi
cally, but I’m not worried about
that, Hill said. “I just want the
truth out so when I am governor in
1979, we can come down here and
deal effectively with this issue.”
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Dr. John R. Hoyle of Texas
A&M University will deliver the
keynote address Dec. 8 before
2,000 delegates at the 54h con
vention of the Texas Association
for Health, Physical Education
and Recreation (TAHPER) in
Dallas.
Hoyle, associate professor and
coordinator of research, planning
and evaluation in the Educa
tional Administration Depart
ment, will speak on “The Future
— Fumbled or Fantastic?.
Hoyle holds three degrees
from Texas A&M and has done
doctoral study at Colorado Uni
versity and post-doctoral study at
Texas Christian University. He is
a former teacher, coach and ad
ministrator at Odessa and Mid
land.
accused of deciding for votes
United Press International
JUSTIN —Comptroller Bob Bul-
Tuesday accused Attorney
Jieral John Hill of “weighing the
|tf before deciding on the con-
utionality of a law permitting ag-
[illural land to be taxed on its
pet value.
II ruled the bill passed by the
Legislature was unconstitu-
nal, and could not be im-
Imented unless the legislature
|Texas voters approve a constitu-
Jial amendment authorizing as-
|sment of taxes based on some
mila other than market value,
he attorney general contended
mews conference Monday that
litical opponents had attempted
[embarrass him by forcing him to
?on the validity of the bill.
The truth is, Bullock said, “that
Hill has shown he is fully capable of
embarrassing himself politically
without anyone’s help.”
He noted Hill, who is opposing
Gov. Dolph Briscoe in the Demo
cratic primary, had closed an
Amarillo adult movie theater on the
eve of a campaign visit to Amarillo,
and a federal court said Hill’s action
was in bad faith.
“John Hill wanted to ride into
Amarillo on a white horse and a
wave of publicity,” Bullock said.
“But the attorney general of Texas,
above all people, should know he’s
got to put the law of the land ahead
of personal political gain.”
Bullock said, “Hill sounds like the
boy who cried wolf, crying politics,
politics,’ at every turn, even while
admitting he consulted his political
advisers about when and where to
release his opinion on House Bill
22.”
Hill told reporters Monday he
had talked with his campaign staff
and decided to announce his deci
sion on the agricultural land bill at
the state convention of the Texas
Farm Bureau in Houston, one of the
groups which unsuccessfully sought
the tax break for farm and ranch
land.
Bullock and Speaker Bill Clayton
had contended the bill could be im
plemented to give tax breaks to
farmers and ranchers without any
change in the state constitution.
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