Appraisal districts exist to identify and determine the market value of all property within each county.

TTARA, in partnership with the Texas Association of Manufacturers and the Texas Oil and Gas Association, has submitted a brief on AG opinion request RQ-0468-KP that could invalidate a certain type of local economic development agreements. Chapter 380 and 381 of the Local Government Code provide broad latitude to cities and counties to use public money to enter into…

Regarding chapter 380 and 381 agreements.

The Texas Education Agency (TEA) has released preliminary maximum compressed rates for the 2022 tax year (2022-2023 school year). Due to unprecedented growth in property values, an astounding 698 school districts (69%) have been assigned the lowest allowable rate of $0.8046 per $100 of taxable value due to the “equity band” limitation in HB 3,…