The County of Collin , Texas will hold a public hearing on a proposal to increase total

tax revenues from properties on the tax roll in the preceding year by 1.44 percent.  Your

individual taxes may increase at a greater or lesser rate, or even decrease, depending on

the change in the taxable value of your property in relation to the change in taxable value

of all other property and the tax rate that is adopted.

The public hearing will be held on September 7, 2004 at 9:00 AM at Collin County

Courthouse, Commissioners Court.

The following table compares taxes on an average home in this taxing unit last year to

taxes proposed  on the average home this year.  Again, your individual taxes may be

higher or lower, depending on the taxable value of your property.

(amount available on the average homestead, not including

senior citizen's or disabled person's exemptions)

Under this proposal, taxes on the average homestead would increase by $8.47 or  1.65

percent compared with last year's taxes.  Comparing tax rates without adjusting for

changes in property value, the tax rate would increase by $0.00000 per $100 of taxable

value or 0.00 percent compared to last year's tax rate.  These tax rate figures are not

adjusted for changes in the taxable value of property.

The County of Collin , Texas Auditor certifies that County of Collin , Texas has spent $31,040 in the previous 12 months beginning

July 1, 2003, for the maintenance and operations cost of keeping inmates sentenced to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

County of Collin , Texas Sheriff has provided information on these costs, minus the state revenues received for reimbursement of such

costs.