Pending Business ____________________________________ Jennifer B. Seipel Attorney for the District 91261-002 604416.1 HARRIS COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 261 Compliance with Texas Government Code Section 551.043 Pursuant to Texas Government Code § 551.043(c), a physical copy of the proposed budget has been attached to this Notice of Public Meeting. Taxpayer Impact Statement Below is a comparison of a property tax bill for a median-valued homestead property in the District for the cu

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Pending Business ____________________________________ Jennifer B. Seipel Attorney for the District 91261-002 604416.1 HARRIS COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 261 Compliance with Texas Government Code Section 551.043 Pursuant to Texas Government Code § 551.043(c), a physical copy of the proposed budget has been attached to this Notice of Public Meeting. Taxpayer Impact Statement Below is a comparison of a property tax bill for a median-valued homestead property in the District for the current fiscal year to an estimate of a property tax bill for the same property for the upcoming fiscal year if the proposed budget is adopted.1 Description Tax Bill ($) Property tax bill for a median-valued homestead property in District for current fiscal year $1,780.09 Estimated property tax bill for the same median-valued homestead property in District for upcoming fiscal year if proposed budget is adopted $1,810.23 Taxing units such as the District adopt their tax rates under the authority of Chapter 49, Texas Water Code and are not governed by the no-new-revenue tax rate calculations set forth in Chapter 26, Texas Tax Code. Therefore, this Taxpayer Impact Statement does not provide a comparison of property tax bills for the current fiscal year to a balanced budget funded at the no-new-revenue tax rate as calculated under Chapter 26, Texas Tax Code. 1 While the legislation uses the term “median-valued,” such term does not appear in the sections of Texas Tax Code Chapter 26 that are applicable to taxing units such as the District. Laws applicable to the District require its tax assessor-collector to calculate the tax rate using the “average taxable value” of homestead properties. (Texas Water Code, Sections 49.23601,

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