Harris County ESD No. 12 - Public Notices
(2 Public Notices)
Public Notice 1
Notice about 2022 Tax Rates
Property tax rates in Harris County Emergency Service District No. 12.
This notice concerns the 2022 property tax rates for Harris County Emergency Service District No. 12. This notice provides information about two tax rates used in adopting the current tax year's tax rate. The no-new-revenue tax rate would impose the same amount of taxes as last year if you compare properties taxed in both years. In most cases, the voter-approval tax rate is the highest tax rate a taxing unit can adopt without holding an election. In each case, these rates are calculated by dividing the total amount of taxes by the current taxable value with adjustments as required by state law. The rates are given per $100 of property value.
This year's no-new-revenue tax rate | $0.0462/$100 |
This year's voter-approval tax rate | $0.0478/$100 |
To see the full calculations, please visit https://www.hctax.net/ for a copy of the Tax Rate Calculation Worksheet.
Unencumbered Fund Balances
The following estimated balances will be left in the taxing unit's accounts at the end of the fiscal year. These balances are not encumbered by corresponding debt obligation.
Type of Fund | Balance |
Operating Fund | $7,852,844 |
Current Year Debt Service
The following amounts are for long-term debts that are secured by property taxes. These amounts will be paid from upcoming property tax revenues (or additional sales tax revenues, if applicable).
Description of Debt | Principal or Contract Payment to be Paid from Property Taxes | Interest to be Paid from Property Taxes | Other Amounts to be Paid | Total Payment |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total required for 2022 debt service | $0 |
- Amount (if any) paid from funds listed in unencumbered funds | $0 |
- Amount (if any) paid from other resources | $0 |
- Excess collections last year | $0 |
= Total to be paid from taxes in 2022 | $0 |
+ Amount added in anticipation that the unit will collect only 99.38% of its taxes in 2022 | $0 |
= Total debt levy | $0 |
This notice contains a summary of actual no-new-revenue and voter-approval calculations as certified by Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector, on 08/04/2022.
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.
Public Notice 2
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
ON TAX INCREASE
A tax rate of $0.0500 per $100 valuation has been proposed by the governing body of Harris County Emergency Service District No. 12.
| PROPOSED TAX RATE | $0.0500 per $100 |
| NO-NEW-REVENUE TAX RATE | $0.0462 per $100 |
| VOTER-APPROVAL TAX RATE | $0.0478 per $100 |
| DE MINIMIS RATE | $0.0595 per $100 |
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 Service District No. 12 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 Service District No. 12 may adopt without holding an election to seek voter approval of the rate, unless the de minimis rate for Harris County Emergency Service District No. 12 exceeds the voter-approval rate for Harris County Emergency Service District No. 12.
The de minimis rate is the rate equal to the sum of the no-new-revenue maintenance and operations rate for Harris County Emergency Service District No. 12, the rate that will raise $500,000, and the current debt rate for Harris County Emergency Service District No. 12.
The proposed tax rate is greater than the no-new-revenue tax rate. This means that Harris County Emergency Service District No. 12 is proposing to increase property taxes for the 2022 tax year.
A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED TAX RATE WILL BE HELD ON September 6, 2022 AT 6:00 PM AT HARRIS COUNTY ESD 12 FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION 14, 911 HOLLYWOOD STREET, HOUSTON, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS.
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 Service District No. 12 adopts the proposed tax rate, the qualified voters of the Harris County Emergency Service District No. 12 may petition the Harris County Emergency Service District No. 12 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 Service District No. 12 will be the voter-approval tax rate of the Harris County Emergency Service District No. 12.
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: W. B. Anders B. Clements L. Helgesen D. Proctor |
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AGAINST the proposal: |
None |
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PRESENT and not voting: None |
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ABSENT: K. Wimbley |
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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 Service District No. 12 last year to the taxes proposed to be imposed on the average residence homestead by Harris County Emergency Service District No. 12 this year.
| 2021 | 2022 | Change |
Total tax rate (per $100 of value) | $0.0500 | $0.0500 | increase of 0.0000, or 0.00% |
Average homestead taxable value | $158,970 | $175,863 | increase of 16,893, or 10.63% |
Tax on average homestead | $79.49 | $87.93 | increase of 8.44, or 10.62% |
Total tax levy on all properties | $1,714,779 | $1,867,765 | increase of 152,986, or 8.92% |
For assistance with tax calculations, please contact the tax assessor for Harris County Emergency Service District No. 12 at 713-274-8000 or TAX.OFFICE@HCTX.NET, or visit WWW.HCTAX.NET. for more information.
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- HCESD 12 Meeting Agendas
- HCESD 12 Meeting Minutes
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