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Lavaca County judge outlines budget timeline and signals plan to use 'no new revenue' tax rate
Summary
The court set a budget schedule—proposed budget posted Aug. 14, tax-rate action Aug. 24 and hearings Sept. 15—and the judge said he plans to base the proposal on the no-new-revenue tax rate and draw on reserves to offset revenue changes tied to state law.
Lavaca County's presiding judge told the commissioners court Aug. 10 that the county will post its proposed budget on Aug. 14 and will bring a tax-rate action to the court on Aug. 24, with public budget and tax-rate hearings scheduled for Sept. 15. The judge said the county will use reserve funds to offset expected revenue reductions and is “leaning towards a no new revenue tax rate.”
Tax assessor-collector Deborah Sepczyk presented the technical calculations later in the meeting but the judge emphasized that no formal decision on adoption would be made at the Aug. 10 session. He said the schedule gives the public the required 30 days’ notice before the Sept. 15 hearings. The judge also cautioned that House Bill 9’s changes to business tax deductions have complicated local revenue expectations and that, under the current plan, the county would rely briefly on reserves while keeping rates effectively flat until final action on Aug. 24.
