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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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