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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Tax Code § 26.0501: LIMITATION ON TAX RATE OF DEFUNDING MUNICIPALITY.

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  1. TAX CODE
  2. TITLE 1. PROPERTY TAX CODE
  3. SUBTITLE D. APPRAISAL AND ASSESSMENT
  4. CHAPTER 26. ASSESSMENT

(a) In this section, "defunding municipality" means a municipality that is considered to be a defunding municipality for the current tax year under Chapter 109, Local Government Code.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or other law, the governing body of a defunding municipality may not adopt a tax rate for the current tax year that exceeds the lesser of the defunding municipality's no-new-revenue tax rate or voter-approval tax rate for that tax year.

(c) For purposes of making the calculation required under Section 26.013, in a tax year in which a municipality is a defunding municipality, the difference between the municipality's actual tax rate and voter-approval tax rate is considered to be zero.

Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 199 (H.B. 1900), Sec. 3.01, eff. September 1, 2021.

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