I think Property Taxes in Texas are about 3X California going by appraised value.
If you are paying $2K on $66K, in California, you would be paying about $2K on $200K appraised value, but this is just a guess.
Your $66K house in Texas would likely be nicer than a $200K House in California, so it's not really a valid comparison.
If Texas lowered its property tax rate, they would just make it up on the appraisal. Jerks.
Except for a piece of property I literally gave away in east Texas because it had become a liability, I am not too familiar with the tax rates in other Texas counties. The west Texas property I was talking about is actually commercial property although I also have a home in the same small town and it has the same tax rates. My property taxes here have increased in the past six years although my appraisals have not. This makes sense in light of the serious lack of growth in the County for the past forty years. This is very hard to explain although many here believe the County has a secret death wish. The town actually has less people than it did in 1968 when I first came to the area. And we are talking about a town that is the county seat of Bailey County, TX and only 30 miles from a rapidly growing Clovis, NM and 75 miles from Lubbock, TX which also is fast growing. When asked about jobs and growth, the local Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture touts the cattle feedyards and dairies which employ very few people, pay less than a McDonald restaurant and hire few who speak English. It’s most definately a town that time and the U.S. economy has forgotten. Luckily my family’s primary home is in New Mexico which is experiencing growth all over.