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 government body will discuss or adopt a budget or the governmental body, must include a taxpayer impact statement showing, for the median-value 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.

Drainage District No. 3 has proposed a budget for the District's 2026-2027 fiscal year.  The District intends to adopt its budget on September 16, 2026.

• 2025 Value of Median-Value Homestead Property in the District: $142,461.00
• 2025 Property Tax Bill for the Current Fiscal Year ($0.292606): $416.85
• 2026 Value of Median-Value Homestead Property in the District: $154,600.00
• Estimated 2026 Property Tax Bill for the Upcoming Fiscal Year if the District Adopts the Proposed Budget and Tax Rate ($0.282693) per $100 of value): $437.04

The estimates in this Impact Statement are valid only for the proposed budget and proposed tax rate that the Board of Commissioners for Drainage District No. 3  will discuss at its meeting on September 16, 2026.  The proposed budget and the proposed tax rate may each be amended by the District's Board of Commissioners before their final adoption.

2026 Drainage District #3 Public Hearing Notice.pdf