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Free Enterprise
Property Rights
Personal Responsibility
Limited Government
Individual Liberty
Digest
HB 9 lowers the standard voter-approval property tax rate multiplier for most taxing units from 1.035 to 1.025 and updates related Tax Code formulas. The change affects the calculation of voter-approval tax rates in various scenarios, including disaster relief adjustments, sales tax adoptions or repeals, and the “unused increment” provision. It applies to taxes imposed beginning January 1, 2026.
Author
Morgan Meyer
Co-Author
Keith Bell
Ryan Guillen
Terri Leo-Wilson
Dennis Paul