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Hidalgo County Emergency Services District #1 (ESD 1) is a specialized taxing entity that provides emergency ambulance services to rural areas. Hidalgo County is not legally responsible for offering these services - ESD 1 fills this critical need.
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An Emergency Services District (ESD) is a local government agency created by a vote of the public to provide fire protection and/or emergency medical services (EMS) in specific areas in unincorporated Hidalgo County. The governing statute for an ESD is Chapter 775 of the Texas Health and Safety Code. An ESD collects taxes based on appraisals of real and personal property and usually contracts with a service provider.
2025 TAX RATE INFORMATION
"Hidalgo County Emergency Services District No. 1 will hold a meeting at 12:00 PM on September 8, 2025, at 612 S. Texas Blvd., Weslaco, TX 78596 to consider adopting a proposed tax rate for tax year 2025. The proposed tax rate is $0.0240 per $100 of value.
The proposed tax rate would increase total taxes in Hidalgo County Emergency Services District No. 1 by 0.67%.
The tax rate will effectively be decreased by eleven percent (11%) and will decrease taxes for maintenance and operations on a $100,000 home by $2.90 from $26.90 to $24.00.
Visit Texas.gov/PropertyTaxes to find a link to your local property tax database on which you can easily access information regarding your property taxes, including information about proposed tax rates and scheduled public hearings of each entity that taxes your property.
The 86th Texas Legislature modified the manner in which the voter-approval tax rate is calculated to limit the rate of growth of property taxes in the state"