More than 3,500 taxing entities across the state are expecting property owners to pay by February 1. Collectively $49 billion will be levied for 2014, according to the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. Over 1,000 school districts across the state will collect $27 billion in 2014. more than 1,200 special districts will levy $6 billion, according to texastransparency.org The state’s 254 counties house an average of 14 taxing entities each. Homeowners provide the biggest slice of the property tax pie, making up about 42% of the total property tax value in Texas. SO JUST PAY!