Collected and spent
In tax year 2024, Montgomery County MUD #36 levied $318,262 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 Montgomery County MUD 36. 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.
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Water Code §54.101 (statutes.capitol.texas.gov)When decisions happen
Water Code §49.158 lets Montgomery County MUD 36'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 Montgomery County MUD 36 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: 2455 LAKE ROBBINS DR, THE WOODLANDS , TX 77380-1025.
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 Montgomery County MUD #36 address pays these governments too. Which cities apply depends on the address.
On every bill in Montgomery County MUD #36
On some bills, depending on the address
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.' TCEQ Water District Database — District Information Report for MONTGOMERY COUNTY MUD 36 (district no. 5857975,To act on what you have read
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