NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON TAX INCREASE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
ON TAX INCREASE
A tax rate of $0.100000 per $100 valuation has been proposed by the governing body of Harris County
Emergency Services District No. 20.
PROPOSED TAX RATE $0.100000 per $100
NO-NEW-REVENUE TAX RATE $0.096471 per $100
VOTER-APPROVAL TAX RATE $0.099854 per $100
DE MINIMIS RATE $0.102803 per $100
The no-new-revenue tax rate is the tax rate for the 2024 tax year that will raise the same amount of property
tax revenue for Harris County Emergency Services District No. 20 from the same properties in both the 2023
tax year and the 2024 tax year.
The voter-approval rate is the highest tax rate that Harris County Emergency Services District No. 20 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. 20 exceeds the voter-approval rate for Harris County Emergency
Services District No. 20.
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. 20, the rate that will raise $500,000, and the current debt rate
for Harris County Emergency Services District No. 20.
The proposed tax rate is greater than the no-new-revenue tax rate. This means that Harris County Emergency
Services District No. 20 is proposing to increase property taxes for the 2024 tax year.
A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED TAX RATE WILL BE HELD ON September 12, 2024 AT
6:30 PM AT Fire Station No. 44, 12820 T.C. Jester Blvd., Houston, Texas 77038.
The proposed tax rate is greater than the voter-approval tax rate but not greater than the de minimis rate and
does not exceed the rate that allows voters to petition for an election under Section 26.075, Tax Code. If
Harris County Emergency Services District No. 20 adopts the proposed tax rate, the Harris County
Emergency Services District No. 20 is not required to hold an election so that voters may accept or reject the
proposed tax rate and the qualified voters of the Harris County Emergency Services District No. 20 may not
petition the Harris County Emergency Services District No. 20 to require an election to be held to determine
whether to reduce the proposed tax rate.
YOUR TAXES OWED UNDER ANY OF THE RATES MENTIONED ABOVE CAN BE CALCULATED
AS FOLLOWS:
Property tax amount= (tax rate) x (taxable value of your property)/100
FOR the proposal: Jane Guevara, Commissioner Jody Pham-Truong, Commissioner
Johnnie Phoenix, Commissioner Carmon Smith, Commissioner
AGAINST the proposal:
PRESENT and not voting:
ABSENT:
Visit Texas.gov/PropertyTaxes to find a link to your local property tax database on which you can easily
access information regarding your property taxes, including information about proposed tax rates and
scheduled public hearings of each entity that taxes your property.
The 86th Texas Legislature modified the manner in which the voter-approval tax rate is calculated to limit
the rate of growth of property taxes in the state.
The following table compares the taxes imposed on the average residence homestead by Harris County
Emergency Services District No. 20 last year to the taxes proposed to be imposed on the average residence
homestead by Harris County Emergency Services District No. 20 this year.
2023 2024 Change
Total tax rate (per
$100 of value)
$0.100000 $0.100000 increase of 0.000000, or
0.00%
Average homestead
taxable value
$192,550 $207,693 increase of 15,143, or
7.86%
Tax on average
homestead
$192.55 $207.69 increase of 15.14, or
7.86%
Total tax levy on all
properties
$7,518,088 $7,904,769 increase of 386,681, or
5.14%
For assistance with tax calculations, please contact the tax assessor for Harris County Emergency Services
District No. 20 at 713-274-8000 or tax.office@tax.hctx.net, or visit www.hctax.net for more information.