Arturo Perez is director of State Services at NCSL. He is not new to NCSL, serving nearly 30 years in a variety of capacities. Most recently, he served as director of NCSL’s Fiscal Affairs Program, where he specialized in state tax and expenditure policy. He has written and contributed to numerous fiscal articles and reports, including “State Budget Actions” and “Earmarking State Taxes.” Pérez has bachelor’s degrees in history and political science from Texas A&M University, as well as a master’s degree from the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin.