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LEGAL DEBT MARGIN

Article XI, Section 5 of the State of Texas Constitution states in part:

".... but no tax for any purpose shall ever be lawful for any one year,
which shall exceed two and one-half percent of the taxable property of
such city."

Article X, Section 3 of the Charter of the City of Colleyville, Texas states:

The maximum tax rate shall not exceed $1.50 on the one hundred
dollars ($100.00) valuation of the taxable property with the City.

The tax rate for Fiscal Year ended September 30, 2019 is $.320800 per $100
of assessed valuation at 100% of the market value. The City of Colleyville
operates under a Home Rule Charter, which adopts the constitutional
provision.

Calculation of State of Texas Legal Debt Limit

City of Colleyville FY 2019 tax rate $0.320800

Maximum allowable State tax rate $2.50

Percentage of allowable tax rate used 12.83%

Calculation of Charter Legal Debt Limit

City of Colleyville FY 2019 tax rate $0.320800

Maximum allowable Charter tax rate $1.50

Percentage of allowable tax rate used 21.39%

Administratively, the Attorney General of the State of Texas will permit
allocation of $1.50 of the $2.50 allowable for the repayment of debt service.
The FY 2019 debt portion of the tax rate is $.017036, which is 1.1% of the
permissible debt service allocation.

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