Faulkey-Gully MUD

Collected and spent

In tax year 2024, Faulkey-Gully MUD levied $3,152,985 in property tax.

Who decides

Texas Water Code §54.101 sets a board of five. Directors run Faulkey Gully MUD. 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.

When decisions happen

Water Code §49.158 lets Faulkey Gully MUD'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)).

How to reach it

Water Code §49.062 requires Faulkey Gully MUD 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, email and any form come from the district's own posting. Office: Mailing: 13121 Louetta Road, #1040, Cypress, TX 77429-5155; Physical: 15503-A Hermitage Oaks Drive, Tomball, TX 77377.

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.

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