August 23, 2023
| PROPOSED TAX RATE | $0.100692 | per $100 |
| NO-NEW-REVENUE TAX RATE | $0.090813 | per $100 |
| VOTER-APPROVAL TAX RATE | $0.102045 | per $100 |
The no-new-revenue tax rate is the tax rate for the 2023 tax year that will raise the same amount of property tax revenue for the Travis County Healthcare District d/b/a Central Health from the same properties in both the 2022 tax year and the 2023 tax year.
The voter-approval tax rate is the highest tax rate that the Travis County Healthcare District d/b/a Central Health may adopt without holding an election to seek voter approval of the rate.
The proposed tax rate is greater than the no-new-revenue tax rate. This means that the Travis County Healthcare District d/b/a Central Health is proposing to increase property taxes for the 2023 tax year.
A Public Hearing on the Proposed Tax Rate will be Held on Wednesday, August 30, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. at the Central Health Administrative Offices, 1111 E Cesar Chavez Street, Austin, TX 78702.
This hearing will also be conducted remotely by videoconference. Members of the public are encouraged to observe and participate in the public hearing by using the meeting link and password listed below:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88117230734?pwd=OHNyeTk3NzVoUjYwREpPL1NCR0JZdz09
Members of the public may also listen and participate in the public hearing by telephone only. To join by telephone, dial (346) 248-7799 and enter the following information when prompted:
Meeting ID: 881 1723 0734
Password: 705844
The proposed tax rate is not greater than the voter-approval tax rate. As a result, the Travis County Healthcare District d/b/a Central Health is not required to hold an election at which voters may accept or reject the proposed tax rate. However, you may express your support for or opposition to the proposed tax rate by contacting the members of the Travis County Healthcare District d/b/a Central Health Board of Managers at their offices or by attending the public hearing mentioned above.
YOUR TAXES OWED UNDER ANY OF THE TAX RATES MENTIONED ABOVE CAN BE CALCULATED AS FOLLOWS:
Property tax amount = tax rate x taxable value of your property / 100
The members of the governing body voted on the proposal to consider the tax increase as follows:
FOR: Charles Bell, Shannon Jones, Manuel Martin, Amit Motwani, Maram Museitif, Cynthia Valadez, and Guadalupe Zamora.
AGAINST:
PRESENT and not voting:
ABSENT: Ann Kitchen, and Cynthia Brinson
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.
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.
The following table compares the taxes imposed on the average residence homestead by the Travis County Healthcare District d/b/a Central Health last year to the taxes proposed to be imposed on the average residence homestead by the Travis County Healthcare District d/b/a Central Health this year:
| 2022 | 2023 | Change | |
| Total Tax Rate (per $100 of value) | $0.098684 | $0.100692 | Increase in nominal difference = $0.002008 Percentage difference = 2% |
| Average homestead taxable value | 427,918 | 475,286 | Increase in nominal difference = $47,368 Percentage difference = 11.1% |
| Tax on average homestead | $422.29 | $478.57 | Increase in nominal difference = $56.28 Percentage difference = 13.3% |
| Total tax levy on all properties | $279,925,507 | $315,205,194 | Increase in nominal difference = $35,279,687 Percentage difference = 12.6% |
For assistance with tax calculations, please contact the tax assessor for Travis County Healthcare District d/b/a Central Health at (512) 854-9473 or TaxOffice@traviscountytx.gov or visit www.traviscountytax.org for more information.