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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, 2020 is $.306807 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 2020 tax rate                     $0.306807

                              Maximum allowable State tax rate                         $2.50

                              Percentage of allowable tax rate used                    12.27%



                                       Calculation of Charter Legal Debt Limit

                              City of Colleyville FY 2020 tax rate                     $0.306807

                              Maximum allowable Charter tax rate                       $1.50

                              Percentage of allowable tax rate used                    20.45%


               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 2020 debt portion of the tax rate is $.016379, which is 1.09% of the
               permissible debt service allocation.




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