Section 26.05(b) of Property Tax Code

New Steps Required for Adoption of Tax Rate

Entity Name: Collin County, Texas

Date: 8/17/2005

Language Required in the Motion Setting This Year's Tax Rate:

This year's proposed tax rate exceeds the effective tax rate. The vote on the ordinance, resolution, or order setting the tax rate must be a

record vote. A motion to adopt the ordinance, resolution, or order must be made in the following form: "I move that property taxes be

increased by the adoption of a tax rate of 0.25000."

Statement Required in the Ordinance, Resolution, or Order Setting

This Year's Tax Rate:

This year's tax levy to fund maintenance and operations expenditures exceeds last year's maintenance and operations tax levy. Also, this

year's M&O tax rate is higher than the effective maintenance and operations tax rate. The following statements must be included in the

ordinance, resolution, or order setting this year's tax rate. The statements must be in larger type than the type used in any other portion of the

document:

THIS TAX RATE WILL RAISE MORE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS THAN LAST YEAR'S TAX RATE.

THE TAX RATE WILL RAISE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS ON A $100,000 HOME BY APPROXIMATELY

$3.63.

Statement That Must be Posted on the Home Page of Any Internet

Website Operated by the Taxing Unit:

This year's tax levy to fund maintenance and operations expenditures exceeds last year's maintenance and operations tax levy. Also, this

year's M&O tax rate is higher than the effective maintenance and operations tax rate. The following statements must be included on the

home page of any Internet website operated by Collin County, Texas:

Collin County, Texas ADOPTED A TAX RATE THAT WILL RAISE MORE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS

THAN LAST YEAR'S TAX RATE.

THE TAX RATE WILL RAISE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS ON A $100,000 HOME BY APPROXIMATELY

$3.63.