AUSTIN (KXAN) — After devastating flash floods hit Travis County over the Fourth of July weekend, the county is considering raising your property taxes to help pay for the damage and prepare for future disasters.
“As we were finalizing the preliminary budget this year, as you’re very well aware, the county experienced a devastating flooding event that has caused a lot of impact to our county residents, loss of life, and severely impacted our infrastructure,” Travis County staff said during a Tuesday commissioners court meeting.
Under state law, if a taxing unit — in this case the county — is in an area declared a disaster by the governor “and increased revenue is needed to respond to the disaster, the taxing unit is not required to hold an election to approve the tax rate in the year following the year in which a disaster occurs,” according to the comptroller…