LOCALS SCHOOLS RECEIVE OIL & GAS TAX REVENUE

  

Washington County and its two school districts split nearly $2-million in tax revenue from oil and natural gas activity.

According to the Texas Oil & Gas Association the Brenham and Burton school districts each received $700,000, while the county received $400,000 in property taxes from oil and natural gas production, pipelines and gas utilities.

TXOGA president Todd Staples says, “The sustained recovery of the Texas oil and natural gas industry is benefitting the state and local economies, providing the equivalent of $30 million a day for schools, universities, roads and first responders.”

In fiscal 2017, Texas school districts received $1.1 billion in property taxes. Counties received $336 million in oil and natural gas mineral property taxes.