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Fort Bend MUD #172

Fort Bend MUD #172 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, Fort Bend MUD #172 levied $0 in property tax.

Collected and spent

In tax year 2024, Fort Bend MUD #172 levied $0 in property tax.

Levied
$0
Tax year 2024 · property tax on $1,077.9M of taxable value

Where the money comes from

One tax.

Property tax
$0.8 per $100 of value
On the appraised value of homes and land in the district
Source · Fort Bend Central Appraisal District — Tax Rates page, 2024 tab, Fort Bend MUD #172. Read on October 16, 2026.
DetailsFort Bend MUD #172 (TX) 2024 property tax — total district rate $0.8 per $100 of taxable value, the entity's total rate for 'Fort Bend MUD 172' on the Fort Bend Central Appraisal District — Tax Rates page, 2024 tab, read 2026-10-16 by the Who Taxes Me fill lane (the Comptroller's 2024 workbook prints "not reported" for this district). the district's own adopted-rate order has not been opened. Texas taxes 100% of appraised value

Who decides

Texas Water Code §54.101 sets a board of five. Directors run Fort Bend County MUD 172. 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.

Charles Gilbert
Director, at large · appointed
Next election
May 4, 2030
Kevin Shipley
Director, at large
Next election
May 4, 2030
Dar Hakimzadeh
Director, at large
Next election
May 6, 2028
Source · Texas Legislature (statutes.capitol.texas.gov) / TCEQ Water District Database, Water Code §54.101. Read on September 15, 2026.
DetailsWater Code §54.101 (statutes.capitol.texas.gov)

When decisions happen

Water Code §49.158 lets Fort Bend County MUD 172'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 6, 2028Election for one seat

How to reach it

Water Code §49.062 requires Fort Bend County MUD 172 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: see the TCEQ record.

Source · Texas Legislature (statutes.capitol.texas.gov) / TCEQ Water District Database, Water Code §49.057(b). Read on September 15, 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 Fort Bend MUD #172 address pays these governments too. Which cities and special districts apply depends on the address.

On every bill in Fort Bend MUD #172

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

On some bills, depending on the address

Cities: 1

FulshearNot in Who Taxes Me yet

Special districts: 1

Sources

Levied
Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, 2024 Special District Rates and Levies, Summary sheet, taxing unit 079-394-04. 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 Central Appraisal District — Tax Rates page, 2024 tab, Fort Bend MUD #172. Read on October 16, 2026.
DetailsFort Bend MUD #172 (TX) 2024 property tax — total district rate $0.8 per $100 of taxable value, the entity's total rate for 'Fort Bend MUD 172' on the Fort Bend Central Appraisal District — Tax Rates page, 2024 tab, read 2026-10-16 by the Who Taxes Me fill lane (the Comptroller's 2024 workbook prints "not reported" for this district). the district's own adopted-rate order has not been opened. Texas taxes 100% of appraised value
Who decides
Texas Legislature (statutes.capitol.texas.gov) / TCEQ Water District Database, Water Code §54.101. Read on September 15, 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 15, 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 FORT BEND COUNTY MUD 172. 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 FORT BEND COUNTY MUD 172 (district no. 3079432,
What it does
Texas Legislature, Texas Water Code chapter 54, municipal utility districts. Read on September 10, 2026.

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