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Water and sewer district (a municipal utility district) · Texas · Fort Bend County

Cinco MUD #8

Cinco MUD #8 is a water and sewer district (a municipal utility district) in Texas. It builds and runs the water, sewer and drainage systems for the homes inside it. It taxes those homes to pay for the work. It sits in Fort Bend County. In tax year 2024, Cinco MUD #8 levied $1,725,382 in property tax.

Collected and spent

In tax year 2024, Cinco MUD #8 levied $1,725,382 in property tax.

Levied
$1,725,382
Tax year 2024 · property tax on $466.3M of taxable value

Where the money comes from

One tax.

Property tax
$0.46 per $100 of value
On the appraised value of homes and land in the district
Source · Fort Bend County appraisal district / tax office — adopted tax-rate table, Fort Bend County adopted tax-rate table. Read on September 8, 2026.
DetailsFort Bend County adopted tax-rate table (county-tax-office-table) for CINCO MUD 8, tax year 2024: total rate $0.46 per $100 of assessed value (M&O 0.19 + debt service 0.18 + contract tax 0.09): "YEAR 2024, ADOPTED TAX RATE 0.460000, M&O RATE 0.190000, DEBT RATE 0.180000, CONTRACT RATE 0.090000". Replaces the prior figure(s) — Comptroller 2024 self-report $0.37 / TCEQ §49.455 notice $0.56 — Modeled: an adopted-rate table read, not the district's rate order

Who decides

Texas Water Code §54.101 sets a board of five. Directors run Cinco MUD 8. They adopt its yearly budget. They hold a public hearing before they set its tax rate. Voters elect directors to four-year terms. Until the first election, TCEQ names the directors. Five directors elected at large to staggered four-year terms.

Mark Baird
Director, at large
Next election
May 1, 2027
Dano Lozano
Director, at large
Term end not published
Re-check by May 1, 2027
Brian A. Gardner
Director, at large
Term end not published
Re-check by May 1, 2027
Source · Texas Legislature (statutes.capitol.texas.gov) / TCEQ Water District Database, Water Code §54.101. Read on September 10, 2026.
DetailsWater Code §54.101 (statutes.capitol.texas.gov)

When decisions happen

Water Code §49.158 lets Cinco MUD 8's board set its own fiscal year by resolution. It can change that at most once every 24 months. §49.057(b) requires an annual budget. Before adopting a tax rate the board must give public notice of a tax hearing (§49.236). Tax Code §26.05 does not apply to this tax (§49.107(g)).

Each yearBoard sets its own fiscal year and adopts a budget annually.
May 1, 2027Election for one seat

How to reach it

Water Code §49.062 requires Cinco MUD 8 to keep an office. Under §49.063 meeting notice follows the Open Meetings Act (Gov't Code ch. 551). If the district has no place to meet inside its borders, it posts notice at a public place inside it. Phone, address, and any website come from TCEQ's Water District Database. Office: 9 GREENWAY PLAZA, STE 1000, HOUSTON , TX 77046-0900.

Call Cinco MUD 8's office
Phone
9 GREENWAY PLAZA, STE 1000, HOUSTON, TX 77046-0900
Mailing address
Source · Texas Legislature (statutes.capitol.texas.gov) / TCEQ Water District Database, Water Code §49.057(b). Read on September 6, 2026.

About this kind of government

Districts of this kind are usually created before the first house in a new area is sold. They borrow to build pipes and roads and tax the homes to repay it. Rates often start high and fall as the debt is paid down.

Source · Texas Water Code chapter 54, municipal utility districts. Read on September 10, 2026.

Also on this tax bill

A Cinco MUD #8 address pays these governments too. Which special districts and cities apply depends on the address.

On every bill in Cinco MUD #8

TexasStateFort Bend CountyCounty
Katy Independent School DistrictNot in Who Taxes Me yet

On some bills, depending on the address

Special districts: 3

Cities: 1

Sources

Levied
Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, 2024 Special District Rates and Levies, Summary sheet, taxing unit 079-282-04. Read on October 7, 2026.
DetailsTexas Comptroller of Public Accounts, 2024 Special District Rates and Levies (Detail and Summary sheets, CALCULATED LEVY column)
Taxes
Fort Bend County appraisal district / tax office — adopted tax-rate table, Fort Bend County adopted tax-rate table. Read on September 8, 2026.
DetailsFort Bend County adopted tax-rate table (county-tax-office-table) for CINCO MUD 8, tax year 2024: total rate $0.46 per $100 of assessed value (M&O 0.19 + debt service 0.18 + contract tax 0.09): "YEAR 2024, ADOPTED TAX RATE 0.460000, M&O RATE 0.190000, DEBT RATE 0.180000, CONTRACT RATE 0.090000". Replaces the prior figure(s) — Comptroller 2024 self-report $0.37 / TCEQ §49.455 notice $0.56 — Modeled: an adopted-rate table read, not the district's rate order
Who decides
Texas Legislature (statutes.capitol.texas.gov) / TCEQ Water District Database, Water Code §54.101. Read on September 10, 2026.
DetailsWater Code §54.101 (statutes.capitol.texas.gov)
When decisions happen
Texas Legislature (statutes.capitol.texas.gov) / TCEQ Water District Database, Water Code §49.057(b). Read on September 6, 2026.
How to reach it
Texas Legislature (statutes.capitol.texas.gov) / TCEQ Water District Database, Water Code §49.062(a): the board 'shall designate ... one or more regular offices for conducting the business of the district.' §49.063(a): notice of meetings 'shall be given as set forth in the open meetings law, Chapter 551, Government Code, except that if a district does not have a meeting place within the district, the district shall post notice of its meeting at a public place within the district specified by the board in a written resolution, rather than at its administrative office.' TCEQ Water District Database — District Information Report for CINCO MUD 8. Read on October 3, 2026.
DetailsWater Code §49.062(a): the board 'shall designate ... one or more regular offices for conducting the business of the district.' §49.063(a): notice of meetings 'shall be given as set forth in the open meetings law, Chapter 551, Government Code, except that if a district does not have a meeting place within the district, the district shall post notice of its meeting at a public place within the district specified by the board in a written resolution, rather than at its administrative office.' TCEQ Water District Database — District Information Report for CINCO MUD 8 (district no. 2286730,
What it does
Texas Legislature, Texas Water Code chapter 54, municipal utility districts. Read on September 10, 2026.

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