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Hays County adopts $X budget and raises tax rate to 0.3999, 4-1 split on some votes
Summary
After public hearings and debate, the Hays County Commissioners Court approved the fiscal 2026 budget and adopted a property tax rate of 0.3999 per $100, with one commissioner dissenting on parts of the package.
Hays County Commissioners on Tuesday adopted the county—026 budget and set a property tax rate of 0.3999 per $100 of assessed value after a public hearing and final adjustments.
The court—s final package, which commissioners described at the meeting as balanced within the constraints of state law, raises property tax revenue by $16,959,926 from the prior year and attributes $6,905,010 of that total to new property added to the tax roll. The adopted rate breaks down to 0.2544 for general maintenance and operations, 0.1029 for debt service and 0.0426 for road-and-bridge maintenance and…
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