Tax Rate
2015-2019 Tax Rate History
Worksheets
Truth In Taxation
The
county is providing this table of property tax rate information as a
service to the residents of the county. Each individual taxing unit is
responsible for calculating the property tax rates listed in this table
pertaining to that taxing unit and providing that information to the
county.
The adopted tax rate is the tax rate adopted by the governing body of a taxing unit.
The maintenance and operations rate is
the component of the adopted tax rate of a taxing unit that will impose
the amount of taxes needed to fund maintenance and operation
expenditures of the unit for the following year.
The debt rate is
the component of the adopted tax rate of a taxing unit that will impose
the amount of taxes needed to fund the unit’s debt service for the
following year.
The no-new-revenue tax rate is
the tax rate that would generate the same amount of revenue in the
current tax year as was generated by a taxing unit’s adopted tax rate in
the preceding tax year from property that is taxable in both the
current tax year and the preceding tax year.
The no-new-revenue maintenance and operations rate is
the tax rate that would generate the same amount of revenue for
maintenance and operations in the current tax year as was generated by a
taxing unit’s maintenance and operating rate in the preceding tax year
from property that is taxable in both the current tax year and the
preceding tax year.
The voter-approval tax rate is
the highest tax rate a taxing unit may adopt before requiring voter
approval at an election.An election will automatically be held if a
taxing unit wishes to adopt a tax rate in excess of the taxing unit's
voter-approval tax rate.