GILBERT v. EL PASO COUNTY HOSP. DIST.

No. 99-1100.

38 S.W.3d 85 (2001)

Ray E. GILBERT, Jr., Mario Melgar, Richard Montez and Bill Newkirk, Petitioners, v. El PASO COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT, County of El Paso, and Charles W. "Chuck" Mattox, Charles Hooten, Carlos Aguilar, Daniel Haggerty, and Miguel Teran as the governing board of El Paso County Hospital District, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Delivered January 18, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brunson D. Moore, John P. Mobbs, El Paso, for Petitioner.

Edward M. Sosa, Ken Slavin, Brower & Slavin, El Paso, for Respondent.


Justice O'NEILL delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Texas Constitution and the Texas Tax Code contain truth-in-taxation provisions that require local government units to tell their taxpayers each year how the next year's property tax rates will compare with the current year's. See Tex. Const. art. VIII, § 21; Tex.Tax Code § 26.04. As part of this taxpayer notice, taxing units must show how much money, if any, they estimate that they will have...

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