NOTICE OF 2014 TAX YEAR PROPOSED
PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR CITY OF LAKE JACKSON
A tax rate of $0.387500 per $100 valuation has been proposed for adoption by the governing body of CITY OF LAKE JACKSON. This rate exceeds the lower of the effective or rollback tax rate, and state law requires that two public hearings be held by the governing body before adopting the proposed tax rate.
PROPOSED TAX RATE $0.387500 per $100
PRECEDING YEAR'S TAX RATE $0.390000 per $100
EFFECTIVE TAX RATE $0.377824 per $100
ROLLBACK TAX RATE $0.395285 per $100
The effective tax rate is the total tax rate needed to raise the same amount of property tax revenue for CITY OF LAKE JACKSON from the same properties in both the 2013 tax year and the 2014 tax year.
The rollback tax rate is the highest tax rate that CITY OF LAKE JACKSON may adopt before voters are entitled to petition for an election to limit the rate that may be approved to the rollback rate.
YOUR TAXES OWED UNDER ANY OF THE ABOVE RATES CAN BE CALCULATED AS FOLLOWS:
property tax amount= (rate) x (taxable value of your property)/100
For assistance or detailed information about tax calculations, please contact:
Ro'Vin Garrett, PCC
Tax Assessor-Collector
451 N Velasco in Angleton, TX 77515
979-388-1838
roving@brazoria-county.com
www.brazoria-county.com/tax
You are urged to attend and express your views at the following public hearings on the proposed tax rate:
First Hearing: August 18, 2014 at 06:30 PM at the Lake Jackson City Hall located at 25 Oak Drive in Lake Jackson, Texas 77566.
Second Hearing: August 25, 2014 at 06:30 PM at the Lake Jackson City Hall located at 25 Oak Drive in Lake Jackson, Texas 77566.