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'his is Part Four of a nine-part series on nine proposed amendmen ts to
be state constitution being presented to Texas voters on Nov. 4.
United Press International
AUSTIN — Constitutional Amendment No. 3 on the Nov. 4 ballot is
attempt by the Legislature to require only one entity in each county
appraise property for the taxing purposes of the county and all cities,
hool districts and special districts within the county.
The amendment also would require a single board of equalization for
:ach county and would disqualify elected officials from serving on the
ttkftl of equalization.
Currently, cities, school districts and many special districts are
emitted to have their own tax offices to appraise property for taxa-
on. Under past legislation, local entities are permitted to have one
Election ’80
iroperty appraisal board in the county but that still has not brought
niformity in all of the state’s 254 counties.
Rep. Lloyd Criss, D-LaMarque, sponsored the legislation that
laced this consitutional amendment on the ballot.
“It would eliminate waste and duplication,” he said. “In Galveston
ounty, for example, there are 23 separate tax appraisal boards. The
taxpayers of Galveston County could save about $3 million a year if this
amendment is approved.”
fe Criss also said elected officials should not have to serve on appraisal
equalization boards. Currently, county commissioners and tax
assessor-collectors — both elective offices — do the property
appraising.
TThis amendment) takes the politics out of it (appraising property),”
by Bonme H he said. “Are elected officials more interested in getting votes or rather
in What actual appraisal of property really is? We shouldn’t have a
political system to appraise property for tax purposes.”
sm major -Opponents of the single appraisal board system contend that rural
is, oneo citizens will be hurt by the amendment. They claim that county
en s Bar commissioners and tax assessors-collectors have always been sym-
Wednes pathetic to the problems of farmers, but the appraisal district boards
rst grade w iU l )e dominated by cities and school districts and will not understand
livestodi ^ ose problems. Consequently, taxes for rural citizens will increase.
East Texas producers investigated
Old oil claimed sold at new prices
United Press International
DALLAS — Investigators from four Texas agencies have
uncovered evidence of a massive oil price fixing scheme from
the vast east Texas oil fields in which “old” oil was sold at
“new” prices, a newspaper reported Thursday.
The Dallas Morning News, in a copyrighted story,
reported a special grand jury has been hearing testimony
since August in the alleged fraud, which involves selling
“old” oil, generally defined as crude from wells drilled
before the 1973 oil embargo, at “new” prices.
Under federal price restrictions, much less can be
charged for “old” oil than for oil produced after the 1973
embargo.
Group charges
Brilaba ‘purge’
United Press International
AUSTIN — Leaders of the “Committee Against Brilab and Abscam”
said Thursday the federal government has reduced its effort to control
drug traffic and violent crimes to concentrate instead on schemes such
as Brilab and Abscam as part of a “political purge.”
Richard Leebove, executive director of the group that has headquar
ters in Houston, told a news conference, “In the view of the Commit
tee Against Brilab and Abscam, the federal government is not conduct
ing a legal campaign in the best interest of America, it is conducting a
political purge.
“It is the opinion of the committee ... that there has been nothing
random and nothing criminal about the Justice Department’s targets.
They are part of the leadership of the constituency-based political
machines who have built and run the nation’s urban industrial centers
in accordance with the American system of economic policies.”
Leebove said the committee will rely on contributions to publicize
its criticisms of the government techniques, and to assist defendants in
the Abscam and Brilab trials.
He said the committee did some research on convicted swindler
Joseph Hauser, who worked undercover for the FBI in the Texas
Brilab investigation that resulted in indictments against Speaker Bill
Clayton and three others, and offered the information to Clayton’s
defense attorneys.
“Victory for tbe Brilab-Abscam method means gutting the constitu
tion itself,” Leebove said.
One source described the alleged fraud as being a “multi-
billion-dollar operation.” Another source said authorities
have been unable to determine the amount of money in
volved.
The newspaper reported old oil produced in the east Texas
fields, the largest in the world before discoveries in the
Middle East, was being trucked to Louisiana refineries and
sold at new prices.
The source also said there were indications that “scum” oil
taken from old wells was being reclaimed and sold as new oil.
“The processing plants for oil field disposal are serving as
washing machines, ” the source said. “In east Texas fields, we
are producing 200,000 barrels of oil a day. But in doing so, we
are also producing 800,000 barrels of water and that is dis
posed of by pipe. About 200,000 barrels of oil is being re
claimed each year from this water.”
The investigation — conducted by the Gregg County dis
trict attorney, the state attorney general, the Texas Railroad
Commission and the Texas Rangers — is aimed at oil
companies and trucking firms that transport the oil, a source
told the newspaper.
The grand jury originally planned to finish its inquiry in
October, but the case turned out bigger than expected and
work was expected to continue until mid-November-
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