By LOGAN HAWKES Amid complaints by some state legislators that the Republican led House is "stalling" local bills in an effort to leave them tabled when the legislature adjourns the current session later this month, Brownsville Sen. Eddie Lucio is saying he will support legislation that will put an end to "loopholes" in state law that Cameron and Hidalgo County officials "have taken advantage of" in an effort to defy state law that exempts winter Texans from having their recreational vehicles taxed by local authorities. Winter visitors have long maintained personal property taxes assessed by the two Valley counties is unfair, and twice now the state legislature has agreed, passing bills that would guarantee such taxes were "improper" and illegal under state law. But in spite of that legislation, Lucio's office reports county tax officials in the Valley have found ways "around the law", effectively denying the intent of the law that protects winter Texans from paying personal property taxes on their RVs. And in spite of sizable losses in tax revenues to Cameron and Hidalgo counties, Lucio is reporting he will support a third bill designed to "close the loopholes" exercised by county officials who insist they are due the taxes. While a spokesman at Lucio's office Friday fell short of confirming it, they did say they are aware of a grass roots efforts by a large group of winter Texans who have said they will launch a comprehensive newspaper campaign in the Midwest discouraging winter visitors from coming to the Rio Grande Valley each year, favoring such destinations as the Texas Coastal Bend. Nueces County does not access personal property taxes on winter Texans vehicles. Officials warn that if such a campaign were successful in convincing winter visitors to travel each year to Corpus Christi instead of the Rio Grande Valley, the economic impact to the Valley could be "devastating."