A tax rate of $0.05 per $100 valuation has been proposed by the governing body of Harris County Emergency Services District No. 60.
The no-new-revenue tax rate is the tax rate for the 2022 tax year that will raise the same amount of property tax revenue for Harris County Emergency Services District No. 60 from the same properties in both the 2021 tax year and the 2022 tax year.
The voter-approval rate is the highest tax rate that Harris County Emergency Services District No. 60 may adopt without holding an election to seek voter approval of the rate, unless the de minimis rate for Harris County Emergency Services District No. 60 exceeds the voter-approval rate for Harris County Emergency Services District No. 60.
The de minimis rate is the rate equal to the sum of the no-new-revenue maintenance and operations rate for Harris County Emergency Services District No. 60, the rate that will raise $500,000, and the current debt rate for Harris County Emergency Services District No. 60.
The proposed tax rate is greater than the no-new-revenue tax rate. This means that Harris County Emergency Services District No. 60 is proposing to increase property taxes for the 2022 tax year.
A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED TAX RATE WILL BE HELD ON August 24, 2022 at 7:30 p.m. at 8407 C.E. King Parkway, Houston, TX 77044.
Harris County Emergency Services District No. 60 shall take action on the proposed tax rate on August 24, 2022 at 7:30 p.m., following the hearing to be held.
The proposed tax rate is greater than the voter-approval tax rate but not greater than the de minimis rate. However, the proposed tax rate exceeds the rate that allows voters to petition for an election under Section 26.075, Tax Code. If Harris County Emergency Services District No. 60 adopts the proposed tax rate, the qualified voters of the Harris County Emergency Services District No. 60 may petition the Harris County Emergency Services District No. 60 to require an election to be held to determine whether to reduce the proposed tax rate. If a majority of the voters reject the proposed tax rate, the tax rate of the Harris County Emergency Services District No. 60 will be the voter-approval tax rate of the Harris County Emergency Services District No. 60.