Thursday morning at 8:30am, Comal County will have its public hearing to adopt its 2024-2025 FY budget at the Commissioners Courtroom. They plan to adopt the tax rate Thursday, September, 5th.

Comal County’s property tax burden consists of two parts: the General Revenue (GR) tax levy rate and the county’s Lateral Road tax rate.

Last year, county officials adopted a GR tax rate of $0.2262 per $100/value while also adopting a Lateral Road tax rate at $0.049515 per $100/value. Therefore, Comal County’s actual total tax rate was $0.275715 per $100/value.

This year, county officials are proposing to adopt a GR tax rate of $0.226715 per $100/value while also considering the adoption of a Lateral Road tax rate of $0.037515 per $100/value. Given this, Comal County’s proposed total tax rate is $0.26423 per $100/value.

According to the county’s proposed budget (see pg. 6), its no-new-revenue tax rate is $0.26423 per $100/value while its voter-approval tax rate is $0.378486 per $100/value. As you may note, the proposed tax rate matches the no-new-revenue tax rate. This is great news!

The difference between last year’s actual tax rate and its proposed tax rate is a decrease of $0.011485 per $100/value or 4.2%. Lastly, in its 2024 adopted budget, the county estimates its total property tax levy at $91,544,755 (see pg. 18). In its 2025 recommended budget, the county projects its tax levy will be $94,147,441 (see pg. 6). That represents a 2.84% increase.

Judge Sherman Krause told me the no new revenue rate they plan to adopt “results in a tax bill equal to last year” for the average homeowner.

I want to thank Judge Krause and Commissioners Donna Eccleston, Scott Haag, Kevin Webb, and Jen Crownover for adopting the no new revenue rate! Please take the time to thank them for being responsible stewards of our tax dollars.

If you wish to attend the public hearing and thank them in person. The Commissioners Courtroom is located at 100 Main Plaza in New Braunfels.

Comal County adopts the No New Revenue rate