Budget & Tax Rate Information

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON TAX INCREASE

A tax rate of $0.0049 per $100 valuation has been proposed by the governing body of Hill Country Underground Water Conservation District.

PROPOSED TAX RATE                                          $0.0049 per $100
NO-NEW-REVENUE TAX RATE                             $0.0046 per $100
VOTER-APPROVAL TAX RATE                             $0.0049 per $100

The no-new-revenue tax rate is the tax rate for the 2025 tax year that will raise the same amount of property tax revenue for Hill Country Underground Water Conservation District from the same properties in both the 2024 tax year and the 2025 tax year.

The voter-approval tax rate is the highest tax rate that Hill Country Underground Water Conservation District may adopt without holding an election to seek voter approval of the rate.

The proposed tax rate is greater than the no-new-revenue tax rate. This means that Hill Country Underground Water Conservation District is proposing to increase property taxes for the 2025 tax year.

A PUBLIC MEETING TO VOTE ON THE PROPOSED TAX RATE WILL BE HELD ON September 9, 2025 at 8:30 a.m. at the Hill Country Underground Water Conservation District Office  * 508 South Washington Street, Fredericksburg, Texas 78624.

The proposed tax rate is also not greater than the voter-approval tax rate. As a result, Hill Country Underground Water Conservation 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 Board of Directors of Hill Country Underground Water Conservation 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

(List names of all members of the governing body below, showing how each voted on the proposal to consider the tax increase or, if one or more were absent, indicating absences.)

FOR the proposal: Corrine Jung, Brad Kott, Steve Olfers, Kay Wischkaemper and Taylor Virdell.

AGAINST the proposal:                         None
PRESENT and not voting:                     None
ABSENT:                                                 None

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 Hill Country Underground Water Conservation District last year to the taxes proposed to be imposed on the average residence homestead by Hill Country Underground Water Conservation District this year.

For assistance with tax calculations, please contact the tax assessor for Hill Country Underground Water Conservation District at 830-997-9809 or visit www.gillespiecad.org