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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas HB 250 revises property tax rate calculation formulas and repeals specific voter-approval tax rate provisions
Last action · August 1, 2025: FiledSponsors: Carrie Isaac and 1 other
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What This Bill Proposed
Relating to the calculation of certain ad valorem tax rates of a taxing unit and the manner in which a proposed ad valorem tax rate that exceeds the voter-approval tax rate is approved; making conforming changes.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Property owners
Property tax calculations, refund timelines, and notice requirements for public hearings on proposed tax rates are modified.
Taxing units
Local taxing units must use updated formulas for calculating no-new-revenue and voter-approval tax rates and follow revised notice procedures.
Water districts
Developed water districts are required to include specific financial and engineering documents as appendices to their annual budgets.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · introduced in the House.
Procedural history
1 action- Aug 1, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
Version history
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Repeal of Petition-Based Tax Rate Provisions
The bill removes several statutory sections related to alternative voter-approval thresholds and petition processes, notably Section 26.075 of the Tax Code and Sections 49.23602 and 49.23603 of the Water Code.
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capitol.texas.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 75)
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