With $2million loss in revenue, commissioners squeeze same 44-cent tax rate for FY 2020-21

Time to read
1 minute
Read so far

With $2million loss in revenue, commissioners squeeze same 44-cent tax rate for FY 2020-21

Thu, 08/20/2020 - 03:07
Posted in:
Hemphill County Commissioners met in regular session on Aug. 10, voting on a proposed $0.4433/$100 valuation tax rate for 2020 in support of the 2020-21 fiscal year budget. The proposed rate will raise $2,011,185 less revenue from property taxes from the previous year, a 28.65 percent decrease. Judge George Briant warned the court that, as challenging as this year has proven to be from a…

Premium Content is available to subscribers only. Please login here to access content or go here to purchase a subscription.