Collected and spent
In tax year 2024, Harris-Fort Bend MUD #5 levied $2,372,103 in property tax.
Where the money comes from
One tax.
Details
Texas Comptroller 2024 Special District Rates and Levies (MUD subset)Who decides
Texas Water Code §54.101 sets a board of five. Directors run Harris-Fort Bend Counties MUD 5. 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. The board members are named in the district's own filing with the state (see the source). Five directors. The district's filing names them but prints no terms.
Details
Water Code §54.101 (statutes.capitol.texas.gov)When decisions happen
Water Code §49.158 lets Harris-Fort Bend Counties Municipal Utility District #5'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 Harris-Fort Bend Counties Municipal Utility District #5 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. TCEQ prints no office phone for Harris-Fort Bend Counties Municipal Utility District #5. Phone and address come from the district's own Comptroller filing. Contact of record: Matthew Reed, Attorney.
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.
Also on this tax bill
A Harris-Fort Bend MUD #5 address pays these governments too. Which special districts, counties and cities apply depends on the address.
On every bill in Harris-Fort Bend MUD #5
On some bills, depending on the address
Special districts: 7
Counties: 2
Cities: 1
Sources
Details
Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, 2024 Special District Rates and Levies (Detail and Summary sheets, CALCULATED LEVY column)Details
Texas Comptroller 2024 Special District Rates and Levies (MUD subset)Details
Water Code §54.101 (statutes.capitol.texas.gov)Details
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.' Texas Comptroller Special Purpose District Public Information Database (Gov't Code §403.0241; the district's own 2026 filing 'Harris-Fort Bend Counties Municipal Utility District #5', SPD id 103225991; bulk CSV related-party.csv / entity.csvTo act on what you have read
Who Taxes Me describes. These three tools, made by the same team, are where you can do something about it. Each opens in a new tab.