Notice of Public Hearing on Tax Rate: October 27, 2025
WATER DISTRICT NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON TAX RATE
The TRAIL OF THE LAKES MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT will hold a public hearing on a proposed tax rate for the tax year 2025 on October 27, 2025, at 12:00 p.m. at 9 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000, Houston, TX 77046 or guests may attend the meeting via Zoom videoconference at:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82513783295?pwd=cWzh8ns0W0YB4uimbqwQLChNg8uFFA.1
Your individual taxes may increase at a greater or lesser rate, or even decrease, depending on the tax rate that is adopted and on the change in the taxable value of your property in relation to the change in taxable value of all other property. The change in the taxable value of your property in relation to the change in the taxable value of all other property determines the distribution of the tax burden among all property owners.
Visit Texas.gov/PropertyTaxes to find a link to your local property tax database on which you can easily access information regarding your property taxes, including information about proposed tax rates and scheduled public hearings of each entity that taxes your property.
- FOR the proposal: Kim Pendleton, Jo A. Smith, Troy King, James Stubblefield and David Cooper
- AGAINST the proposal: None
- PRESENT and not voting: None
- ABSENT: None
The following table compares taxes on an average residence homestead in this taxing unit last year to taxes proposed on the average residence homestead this year.
Last Year vs. This Year Tax Comparison
Tax Rate (per $100 of value)
Last Year (Adopted): $0.60000 / $100
This Year (Proposed): $0.60000 / $100
Difference in Rates: $0.00000 / $100
Percentage Change in Rates: 0.00%
Average Appraised Residence Homestead Value
Last Year: $268,617
This Year: $274,932
General Homestead Exemptions Available
(excluding 65 years of age or older or disabled person’s exemptions)
Last Year: $0
This Year: $0
Average Residence Homestead Taxable Value
Last Year: $268,617
This Year: $274,932
Tax on Average Residence Homestead
Last Year: $1,611.70
This Year: $1,649.59
If Proposed Tax Rate is Adopted:
Annual Increase/Decrease in Taxes: +$37.89
Percentage of Increase: +2.35%
NOTICE OF TAXPAYERS’ RIGHT TO ELECTION TO REDUCE TAX RATE
If the district adopts a combined debt service, operation and maintenance, and contract tax rate that would result in the taxes on the average residence homestead increasing by more than eight percent, the qualified voters of the district by petition may require that an election be held to determine whether to reduce the operation and maintenance tax rate to the voter-approval tax rate under Section 49.23603, Water Code.
The 86th Texas Legislature modified the manner in which the voter-approval tax rate is calculated to limit the rate of growth of property taxes in the state.