Notice of Meeting to Vote on Tax Rate

A tax rate of $0.025589 per $100 valuation has been proposed by the governing body of BROWNSVILLE NAVIGATION DISTRICT.

PROPOSED TAX RATE                           $0.025589 per $100 NO-NEW-REVENUE TAX RATE        $0.028039 per $100 VOTER-APPROVAL TAX RATE           $0.025589 per $100

 

The no-new-revenue tax rate is the tax rate for the 2023 tax year that will raise the same amount of property tax revenue for BROWNSVILLE NAVIGATION DISTRICT from the same properties in both the 2022 tax year and the 2023 tax year.

 

The voter-approval rate is the highest tax rate that BROWNSVILLE NAVIGATION DISTRICT may adopt without holding an election to seek voter approval of the rate.

 

The proposed tax rate is not greater than the no-new-revenue tax rate. This means that BROWNSVILLE NAVIGATION DISTRICT is not proposing to increase property taxes for the 2023 tax year.

 

A PUBLIC MEETING TO VOTE ON THE PROPOSED TAX RATE WILL BE HELD ON August 16, 2023, at 5:30 PM at 1000 FOUST RD, BROWNSVILLE TX 78521.

 

The proposed tax rate is also not greater than the voter-approval tax rate. As a result, BROWNSVILLE NAVIGATION DISTRICT is not required to hold an election to seek voter approval of the rate. However, you may express your support for or opposition to the proposed tax rate by contacting the members of the COMMISSIONERS of BROWNSVILLE NAVIGATION DISTRICT at their offices or by attending the public meeting mentioned above.

 

YOUR TAXES OWED UNDER ANY OF THE TAX RATES MENTIONED ABOVE CAN BE CALCULATED AS FOLLOWS:

 

Property tax amount = ( tax rate ) x ( taxable value of your property ) / 100

 

FOR the proposal:                                 CHAIRMAN ESTEBAN GUERRA, VICE CHAIRMAN RALPH COWEN,

SECRETARY OF THE BOARD JOHN WOOD, COMMISSIONER JOHN REED,

AGAINST the proposal:                         NONE

PRESENT and not voting:                      NONE

ABSENT:                                                   COMMISSIONER SERGIO TITO LOPEZ

 

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 BROWNSVILLE NAVIGATION DISTRICT last year to the taxes proposed to the be imposed on the average residence homestead by BROWNSVILLE NAVIGATION DISTRICT this year.

   

2022

 

2023

 

Change

 

Total tax rate (per $100 of value)

 

 

$0.029658

 

 

$0.025589

Decrease of $.004069 per $100, or

Decrease of 13.72%

 

Average homestead taxable value

 

 

$111,661

 

 

$117,481

 

Increase of 5.21%

 

Tax on average homestead

 

$33.12

 

$30.06

Decrease of $3.06, or

Decrease of 9.24%

 

Total tax levy on all properties

 

$3,426,995

 

$3,496,918

Increase of $69,923

or

Increase of 2.04%

 

For assistance with tax calculations, please contact the tax assessor for BROWNSVILLE NAVIGATION DISTRICT at 956-544-0800 or assessor_collector@co.cameron.tx.us, or visit https://www.cameroncounty.us for more information.

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