(a) Each year the comptroller shall prepare a list that includes the total tax rate imposed by each taxing unit in this state, as reported to the comptroller by each appraisal district, for the year in which the list is prepared. The comptroller shall:
(1) prescribe the manner in which and deadline by which appraisal districts are required to submit the tax rates to the comptroller; and
(2) list the tax rates alphabetically according to:
(A) the county or counties in which each taxing unit is located; and
(B) the name of each taxing unit.
(b) Not later than January 1 of the following year, the comptroller shall publish on the comptroller’s Internet website the list required by Subsection (a).

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Terms Used In Texas Tax Code 5.091

  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Comptroller: means the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas. See Texas Tax Code 1.04
  • Taxing unit: means a county, an incorporated city or town (including a home-rule city), a school district, a special district or authority (including a junior college district, a hospital district, a district created by or pursuant to the Water Code, a mosquito control district, a fire prevention district, or a noxious weed control district), or any other political unit of this state, whether created by or pursuant to the constitution or a local, special, or general law, that is authorized to impose and is imposing ad valorem taxes on property even if the governing body of another political unit determines the tax rate for the unit or otherwise governs its affairs. See Texas Tax Code 1.04
  • Year: means 12 consecutive months. See Texas Government Code 311.005
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