AUSTIN (KXAN) -- A former Austin mayoral candidate is challenging the city over how it is presenting a tax rate election to voters in November.

Last week, Austin City Council approved its budget for next fiscal year and set a property tax rate, which is high enough that it triggers a tax rate election, or TRE, in November. Council members also approved an ordinance ordering that special election to be held on Nov. 4.

If voters approve the new tax rate, the average homeowner's property tax bill will go up by a total of $302.14 annually.

The ordinance council members passed, ordering the TRE, lays out the rules of the election and what will appear on the ballot for voters. According to the ordinance, the TRE will be under Proposition Q on November's ballot, and it will say, "this is a tax

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