Author: HCMUD 71

The Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 71 will hold a public hearing on a proposed tax rate for the tax year 2018 on Monday, October 8, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. at the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 71 Administrative Building located at 21437 Clay Road, Katy, TX. Your individual taxes may increase or decrease, depending on the change in the taxable value of your property in relation to the change in taxable value on all other property and the tax rate that is adopted.

FOR the proposal: K. Thornhill, P. Kerr, M. DuBois, J. Elms and P. Smith, Jr.
AGAINST the proposal: (none)
PRESENT and not voting: (none)
ABSENT: (none)

The following table compares taxes on the average residence homestead in this taxing unit last year to taxes proposed on the average residence homestead this year.

Notice of TaxPayers’ Right to Rollback Election

If taxes on the average residence homestead increase by more than eight percent, the qualified voters of the district by petition may require that an election be held to determine whether to reduce the operation and maintenance tax rate to the rollback tax rate under Section 49.236(d), Water Code.

Questions or comments regarding this notice can be directed to Esther Buentello Flores at the tax office at (281) 499-1223.

The Harris County Flood Control District (“HCFCD”) has called a special bond election on August 25, 2018, the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Harvey, to ask the qualified voters of Harris County whether the HCFCD should issue a maximum amount of $2.5 billion in bonds for flood risk reduction projects throughout the County. They also have requested resident input regarding projects to include in the proposed bond program. For more information about the proposed bond program, please visit the HCFCD website at: https://www.hcfcd.org/bond-program.

The Board of Directors of Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 71 encourages all qualified voters in the District to seek out more information regarding the HCFCD bond election and to let your voice be heard by getting out to vote in the election. All qualified voters may vote in person on election day, August 25, 2018, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., or during early voting, from August 8th through August 21st. Please click here to view the early voting schedule. For more information about the polling place locations and voting schedule, your polling place information, voter identification requirements, eligibility for voting by mail, or to view a sample ballot for the election, please visit the Harris County Clerk’s website at: http://harrisvotes.com.