But at tax time, for every dollar their neighbors pay, the clubs pay pennies. It's a special law that is supposed to benefit the public.
Critics say it s a subsidy for some of the richest people in Texas.
But in the heart of Highland Park, behind an iron fence, the tax rate for the Dallas Country Club is a small fraction of its neighbors. Thanks to a law called the greenbelt exemption. Other clubs benefit too. It's a tax break that goes to anyone who agrees to not develop recreational land for 10 years. But critics call it a rich person's rip off.