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071 ~t6i / In8 A~dresa: OFFICE OF CHIEF APPRAISER ''.O. Box 920975 .ouston, TX 77292-0975 AUGUST 12, 2002 KATHERINE POWELL TAX ASSESSOR/COLLECTOR CITY OF LA PORTE P O BOX 1115 LA PORTE TX 77571-1115 Dear Mrs. Powell: AUG 12 2002 iJ CITY OF LA PORTE On August 9, 2002, the Appraisal Review Board approved the 2002 appraisal records under Section 41.12; Tax Code. These recorcls, as approved, constitute this year's appraisal roll for the Hams County Appraisal District. Following approval, pursuant to Section 26.01 (a) of the code, the chief appraiser certifies to each taxing unit that part of the approved 2002 appraisal roll which contains properties taxable by the unit. My certification for your unit is enclosed. Please note that the certificate sets out two amounts. First, I have summarized the total market value and the taxable value of all approved accounts included on your certified roll. Second, I have listed my estimate of the taxable value which will be assigned to accounts currently under protest if the owners' claims are upheld by the appraisal review board. These accounts are listed on the paper hard copy of your roll with a flag of "HTS" and a value of "0", but are not included on your certified appraisal roll tape. Your certified roll includes, as of the date of ARB approval, values for those accounts on which no protest was filed, those on which a late protest was filed without "good cause" as determined by the ARB, and those on which atimely-filed or "good cause" late protest has been determined. Your certified roll does not include the value of accounts still under protest (HTS); accounts on PTS on which the valuation is incomplete and notices have not been mailed; accounts which are ready to notice, or accounts that have been sent notices of appraised value in the last 30 days (OTMER). The estimated value for properties that are neither under protest nor included on the certified roll is reported on the AV2800 form included in your certification material as required by Section 26.01 (d) Tax Code. Final certified values for properties in these categories will be included in later supplemental rolls as required by Section 25.23, Tax Code. Your certification package contains a report titled "UNCERTIFIED" which summarizes by state property class the appraised and taxable values of all uncertified accounts. It is important to note the total value shown on page 2 of this report differs from the taxable value shown for uncertified accounts on page 5 of the report titled "CERTIFIED TO DATE". The reason for this difference is that uncertified values on the "CERTIFIED TO DATE" report are reduced by substituting the owner's opinion of value and/or estimated hearing loss which we are required to calculate for accounts currently under protest. Also included in your certification materials is a sheet titled "WHERE TO FIND". This sheet notes where to find information you will need to calculate the unit's effective and rollback tax rates. ~ Farris ~untyAppraisal I)istric# ~O~"+ 2800 No h Loop West, Houston, Texas Telephone: (713) 812-5800 Information Center. (713)957-7800 CE11TOt NEV:If OB-W-07 K.CSN