TAXPAYER IMPACT STATEMENT
House Bill 1522, passed by the Texas Legislature in 2025, amends section 551.043 of the Texas Government Code to require that the notice of a meeting required to be posted under section 551.043(a) of the Texas Open Meetings Act, at which a governmental body will discuss or adopt a budget for the governmental body, must include a taxpayer impact statement showing, for the median-valued homestead property, a comparison of the property tax bill in dollars pertaining to the property for the current fiscal year to an estimate of the property tax bill in dollars for the same property for the upcoming fiscal year. Rockwall County has proposed a budget for the County’s 2025-2026 fiscal year. Rockwall County intends to adopt its budget on or before September 30, 2025.
• Value of Median-Valued Homestead Property in the County: $424,397
• Property Tax Bill for the Current Fiscal Year ($0.2547): $1,081
• Estimated Property Tax Bill for the Upcoming Fiscal Year if the County Adopts the Proposed Budget and Proposed Tax Rate ($0.252113): $1,070
• Estimated Property Tax Bill for the Upcoming Fiscal Year in the County adopts a Balanced Budget Funded at the No-New-Revenue Tax Rate ($0.2419): $1,027