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Comptroller's PTD Explains Property Tax Law Changes
During late July and August, the Comptroller’s Property Tax Division (PTD) will conduct 19 regional seminars to explain the laws that taxing units must follow when adopting their 2001 property tax rates. The PTD staff also will review new property tax legislation passed by the 77th Legislature during the recent legislative session.
In the seminars’ morning session, PTD staff will explain how to calculate the effective and rollback tax rates, what to publish and when to call a tax rate rollback election. The staff will include any law changes required in adopting tax rates for 2001. The seminars' afternoon session will address new laws in all areas of property taxation.
These seminars will be of interest to elected and appointed officials, tax assessor-collectors, business officers, chief appraisers and taxpayers.
Individuals may receive continuing education units (CEUs) from the Board of Tax Professional Examiners (BTPE), from the Board of Certified Public Accountants and the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR). School board members may receive CEU credit toward their standards for duties as school board members.
The regional seminars are free of charge, and pre-registration is not required. Each seminar begins at 9 a.m. and ends about 4 p.m. The seminar dates and locations are listed below.
The Comptroller thanks local officials in these regions for their help with meeting room space. For any questions about the seminars or locations, call the PTD's Technical Assistance hotline at 1-800-252-9121, extension 1. In Austin, call 512/305-9999.
2001 Comptroller's Truth-in-Taxation/New Legislation Seminars Date City Location Phone Tuesday,
July 17Longview Pine Tree Ind. School District,
Theater Center
1007 W Fairmont903/759-3611 Wednesday,
July 18Denton Billy Ryan High School
5101 E McKinney940/565-8655 Thursday,
July 19Richardson Richardson Ind. School District,
Professional Development Center
107 W Beltline Rd469/593-0504 Friday,
July 20Waco Region Xll Education Service Center
2101 West Loop 340254/666-0707 Tuesday,
July 24Conroe Montgomery College,
Building B, Room B-102
3200 College Park Dr936/273-7461 Wednesday,
July 25Silsbee Region V Education Service Center,
Silsbee Location, Cypress Room
3545 Highway 96 Bypass409/386-1111 Thursday,
July 26League City Clear Creek Ind. School District,
Board Room
2425 E Main St281/338-5833 Friday,
July 27Victoria Region III Education Service Center
1905 Leary Lane361/573-0731 Tuesday,
July 31San Antonio Region XX Education Service Center
1314 Hines Ave210/370-5200 Wednesday,
August 1Laredo Laredo Community College,
De La Garza Building, Room 101 1 West End Washington956/718-4091 Thursday,
August 2Edinburg Region I Education Service Center
1900 W Schunior956/984-6000 Friday,
August 3Corpus Christi Nueces Co. Courthouse,
Central Jury Room, 1st Floor 901 Leopard St361/595-8542 Tuesday,
August 7Amarillo Amarillo Ind. School District,
Board Room
7200 I-40 West806/354-4252 Wednesday,
August 8Lubbock Region XVII Education Service Center
1111 West Loop 289806/792-4000 Thursday,
August 9Abilene Region XIV Education Service Center
1850 Highway 351915/675-8600 Friday,
August 10San Angelo Region XV Education Service Center
612 South Irene915/658-6571 Tuesday,
August 14El Paso Region XlX Education Service Center
6611 Boeing Dr915/780-5006 Wednesday,
August 15Midland Region XVIII Education Service Center
2811 LaForce915/563-2380 Thursday,
August 16Austin Region XIII Education Service Center
5701 Springdale Rd512/919-5313