ELECTION FINANCE REPORTS
The Travis Central Appraisal District (TCAD) Board of Directors hires the Chief Appraiser, approves the TCAD budget, approves contracts, and sets general policies. The Board does not appraise property or review property values.
The TCAD Board of Directors includes three directors elected by the voters of Travis County. The database below contains the campaign finance reports of all candidates and officeholders filed in accordance with Title 15 of the Texas Election Code. Reports are filed semi-annually in January and July of each year, as well as during the period before an election. The requirement to file a semi-annual report does not apply to officeholders who do not have a campaign treasurer on file and who do not exceed $500 in contributions or expenditures during the reporting period.
Texas Election Code § 254.0401 requires TCAD to publish campaign finance reports online and allows the removal of the street address of the contributors listed in the report as long as the city, state, and zip code remain visible and the entire address is available in the original report maintained by the District. Original, unredacted reports are maintained at the District’s office and are available upon request.
Jett Hanna
Dick Lavine
Matt Mackowiak
Bill May
Jonathan Patschke
Shenghao Daniel Wang
Don Zimmerman
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Each Texas county is served by an appraisal district that determines the value of all of the county’s real and personal property. Generally, a local government that collects property taxes, such as a county, city and school district, is a member of the appraisal district.
Taxing entities are the local government entities such as cities, hospital districts, junior colleges, and municipal utility districts. Taxing entities provide services to the taxpayers they service such as schools, roads, police, fire, and other services taxpayers expect.
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Property is taxed by the authority of the Texas Constitution. The Constitution sets forth five basic principles for property taxes in Texas.
- Taxes must be equal and uniform. No single property or type of property should pay more than its fair share.
- Property must be appraised on its current market value meaning the price that it would sell for on the open market when both the buyer and seller seek the best price and neither is under pressure to buy or sell.
- Each property in a county must have a single appraised value. This is guaranteed by the use of the county appraisal districts.
- All property is taxable unless federal or state law exempts it from the tax.
- Property owners have a right to reasonable notice of increases in their appraised property value.
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