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Kerr County authorizes tax collector to calculate disaster voter-approval rate under Texas Property Tax Code 26.042

5383433 · July 14, 2025
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Summary

The court authorized the county tax officer to compute voter-approval tax rates for two special taxing entities using the disaster provision (Section 26.042 of the Texas Property Tax Code) to give those entities access to an 8% voter-approval rate option following the July 4 disaster.

Kerr County commissioners on July 7 unanimously authorized the county's tax officer to calculate the voter-approval rate for two taxing units — the Kerr County Lateral Roads and the Lake Indram Estates Road District — under Section 26.042 of the Texas Property Tax Code, a provision that applies when taxing units are located in a disaster area.

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