Both Dawson County and the City of Lamesa experienced slight increases to local sales tax revenue for the month of July.The sales tax revenue, in the form of rebates from the state comptroller’s office in Austin, are higher than the previous year’s rebates.The rebates represent local sales taxes collected by merchants and sent to the Texas comptroller’s office along with the state sales tax revenue. The local tax revenue is then rebated monthly to the city, county or other entities for which it was collected.The county’s July rebate of $126,342 represents a 4.26-percent jump over the $121,170 received in July ...