NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON TAX INCREASE

 A tax rate of $1.04848 per $100 valuation has been proposed by the governing body of TOWN OF HOLIDAY LAKES.

PROPOSED TAX RATE....................  $1.04848 per $100

 NO-NEW-REVENUE TAX RATE....... $1.068461 per $100

 VOTER-APPROVAL TAX RATE .......  $1.105857 per $100

 DE MINIMIS RATE ......................... $2.556213 per $100

The no-new-revenue tax rate is the tax rate for the 2026 tax year that will lower the same amount of property tax revenue for TOWN OF HOLIDAY LAKES from the same properties in both the 2025 tax year.

The voter-approval rate is the highest tax rate that TOWN OF HOLIDAY LAKES may adopt without holding an election to seek voter approval of the rate, unless the de minimis rate for TOWN OF HOLIDAY LAKES exceeds the voter-approval rate for TOWN OF HOLIDAY LAKES.

The de minimis rate is the rate equal to the sum of the no-new-revenue maintenance and operations rate for TOWN OF HOLIDAY LAKES, the rate that will raise $500,000, and the current debt rate for TOWN OF HOLIDAY LAKES.

The proposed tax rate is less than the no-new-revenue tax rate.

A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED TAX RATE WILL BE HELD ON September 22, 2025 AT 6:00PM AT the Holiday Lakes Municipal Building, 195 North Texas Avenue, Town of Holiday Lakes, Texas 77515.

The proposed tax rate is less 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 TOWN OF HOLIDAY LAKES adopts the proposed tax rate, the qualified voters of the TOWN OF HOLIDAY LAKES may petition the TOWN OF HOLIDAY LAKES 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 TOWN OF HOLIDAY LAKES will be the voter-approval tax rate of the TOWN OF HOLIDAY LAKES.

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

FOR the proposal:   Council Member Joyce Carr, Council Member Lorenzo Macias, Council Member Terry Mitchell, Council Member Joy Collins-Graham

Against the proposal; None

PRESENT and not voting: Mayor Danielle Chandler

ABSENT: Council Member Kay Young

 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 TOWN OF HOLIDAY LAKES last year to the taxes proposed to be imposed on the average residence homestead by TOWN OF HOLIDAY LAKES this year.

For assistance with tax calculations, please contact the tax assessor for TOWN OF HOLIDAY LAKES at (979) 864-1320 or taxoffice@brazoriacountytx.gov, or visit https://www.brazoriacountytx.gov/departments/tax-office for more information.

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