ESD #7 is a political subdivision established pursuant to Chapter 775 of the Texas Health and Safety Code. An ESD generally supports or provides local emergency services, which can include emergency medical services and fire protection services. An ESD has the ability to impose both a sales and use tax and a property tax to support or provide emergency services within the district. See TEX. HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE §§ 775.074, 775.0751. An ESD’s sales and use tax rate can range from anywhere between one-eighth of one percent to two percent. Id. § 775.0751(a). An ESD’s property tax, meanwhile, may not exceed ten cents per $100 of valuation. See TEX. CONST. art. III, §. 48-e.
101 S. Old Walnut, Ennis, TX, United States, Texas
email: elliscountytxesd7@gmail.com
Update 08/25/2025
Small Taxing Unit Notice
The ECESD # 7 Bristol will hold a meeting at 6:00 PM on August 25, 2025 at 101 South Old Walnut, Ennis,
TX 75119 to consider adopting a proposed tax rate for tax year 2025. The proposed tax rate is $0.025510 per
$100 of value.
The proposed tax rate would increase total taxes in ECESD # 7 Bristol by 11.09%.
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.