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Newton County adopts 0.696645 tax rate under 'no-new-revenue' calculation
Summary
The Newton County Commissioners Court set the 2025 tax rate at 0.696645 per $100 of assessed value, adopting the no-new-revenue rate with a recorded roll-call vote by the court.
Newton County Commissioners Court voted to adopt the 2025 tax rate at 0.696645 per $100 of assessed value, the court announced during the same meeting in which it approved the FY2026 budget.
Staff explained that the rate represents the county’s no-new-revenue rate — a tax-rate computation intended to raise approximately the same amount of revenue as the prior year rather than newly-expanded revenue. A commissioner made a motion to adopt the no-new-revenue rate and the court approved the motion by recorded vote.
In the roll call the clerk recorded affirmative votes from Precinct 1, Precinct 2, the County Judge, Precinct 3 and Precinct 4. Court staff said that once adopted, the rate and related documents would be posted on the Newton County website under the 2026 budget material.
