Texas Local Government Code - LOC GOV'T § 111.033. Annual Budget Required

(a) Within 30 days before the first day of each fiscal year or on or immediately after that first day, the county auditor shall prepare a budget to cover the proposed expenditures of the county government for that fiscal year.

(b) A proposed budget that will require raising more revenue from property taxes than in the previous year must contain a cover page with the following statement in 18-point or larger type: “This budget will raise more total property taxes than last year's budget by (insert total dollar amount of increase and percentage increase), and of that amount (insert amount computed by multiplying the proposed tax rate by the value of new property added to the roll) is tax revenue to be raised from new property added to the tax roll this year.”