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Bridge City, Texas 77611
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2009 Adopted City Property Tax Rate .48700 per $100 Value
M & O .41279
I & S .07421


Your individual taxes may increase at a greater or lesser rate or even decrease, depending on the change in the taxable value of your property in relation to the changes in taxable value of all other property and the tax rate that is adopted.


2008 Adopted City Property Tax Rate .48700 per $100 Value
M & O .21949
I & S .26751


2007 Adopted City Property Tax Rate .50302 per $100 Value
M & O .21216
I & S .29086

2006 Adopted City Property Tax Rate .55800 per $100 Value
M & O .25044
I & S .30756

The following table compares taxes on an average home in this taxing unit last year to taxes on the average home this year. Your individual taxes may be higher or lower, depending on the taxable value of your property.

2007
2008
Average Residence Homestead Value
$92,757
$99,167
General Exemptions Available
$18,551
$19,833

(Amount available on the average homestead, not including senior citizen's or disabled person's exemptions)

Average Taxable Value
$74,206
$79,334
Adopted/Proposed Tax Rate (per $100)
$0.50302
$0.48700
Tax
$373.27
$386.35

The taxes that would have been imposed in the preceeding tax year on a residence homestead at the average appraised value (excluding special exemptions for persons 65 years of age or older or disabled) are estimated to be $373.27. The taxes that would be imposed in the current tax year on a residence homestead appraised at the average appraised value in the current tax year (excluding special exemptions for persons 65 year of age or older or disabled) are estimated to be $386.35 The difference between the amount of taxes on the average residence homestead in the current tax year, if the proposed rate is adopted, and the preceeding tax year would be an increase of $13.09 in taxes

TAX LEVIES AND COLLECTIONS FIFTEEN (15) YEAR SUMMARY
YEAR FISCAL YEAR VALUATION TAX RATE PER $100 AMOUNT LEVIED TOTAL COLLECTIONS PERCENT COLLECTED

1993

9/30/94 $130,511,248 0.5790 $ 755,660

$ 727,996

96.34%

1994

9/30/95

$134,432,468

0.5973

$ 802,996

$ 771,349

96.06%

1995

9/30/96

$144,030,380

0.5591

$ 805,317

$ 770,580

95.69%

1996

9/30/97

$146,299,006

0.5688

$ 832,077

$ 797,249

95.81%

1997

9/30/98

$150,590,430

0.5688

$ 851,653

$ 826,847

97.09%

1998

9/30/99

$ 154,173,910

0.5702

$ 879,273

$ 845,311

96.14%
1999

9/30/00

$ 161,067,780

0.5702

$ 918,344

$ 885,412

96.41%

2000

9/30/01

$ 169,000,770

0.5702

$ 958,256

$ 916,366

95.63%

2001

9/30/02

$174,694,516

0.5757

$ 998,149

$ 960,698

96.25%

2002

9/30/03

$ 175,515,964

0.5935 $1,034,488 $ 994,715

96.16%

2003

9/30/04

$ 186,576,340

0.5885

$1,092,423

$1,048,332

95.96%

2004

9/30/05

$ 190,737,140

0.5979

$1,140,456

$ 1,087,502

95.36%

2005

9/30/06

$ 209,944,825

0.5496

$1,165,995

$ 1,123,215

96.33%

2006

09/30/07

$215,974,373

0.5580

$1,205,820

$1,157,489

95.99%

2007

09/30/08

$255,703,054

0.5030

$1,286,238

$1,231,405
as of 7/25/08

95.74%


2008 – 2009
TOTAL CERTIFIED TAXABLE VALUES FOR 2008 – 2009 $ 285,759,893
TOTAL FREEZE ADJUSTED TAXABLE VALUES FOR 2008 - 2009 $ 247,767,979

TAX RATE

100% COLLECTIONS

95% COLLECTIONS

Needed to satisfy bonded indebtedness
(Interest & Sinking)

0.26751%

$662,804

$629,664

Needed for Maintenance and Operations
Tax Ceiling and Transfer Adjustments

0.21949%

$543,826
$156,041

$516,635
$148,239

Needed for 2008 – 2009 Taxing Purposes/

0.48700%

$1,362,671

$1,294,538



PROPERTY TAXES Last Year This Year Increases
Average Homestead Value $92,757 $99,167 $6,410
General Exemptions Available (20%) $18,551 $19,833 $1,282
Average Taxable Value $74,206 $79,334 $5,128
Tax Rate (per $100) $0.50302 $0.48700 $0.01602
Tax $373.27 $386.36 $13.09