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Fort Bend County.

The county adopts its own budget and property tax rate, runs elections, and provides courts, roads, public safety, and other services. These records are part of a Sugar Land resident's tax bill and ballot.

01 / Money

County budget and tax rate.

From the county's adopted budget book.

FY2027 adopted budget
$827.7M
Excludes the Drainage District
County property tax rate
0.407000
Per $100 of taxable value, tax year 2026
Drainage District
$13.7M
FY2027 budget · rate $0.010000 per $100
02 / Check register

The county check register is real XLSX data.

Unlike the city's partial payment file, the county publishes a scheduled disbursement workbook with dated sheets.

Rows parsed
21,104
Across 24 dated sheets
Sum of payments
$792.3M
Individual vendor payments, excluding aggregate distribution lines
Distinct vendors
4,403
Exact-name aggregation

The workbook total is $3,382,296,209 including aggregate distribution lines such as tax office payments. The $792.3 million figure above excludes those aggregate lines. Neither is a spending comparison to the county budget.Open the source XLSX → County budget · p.6

03 / People

Commissioners Court.

The County Judge and four commissioners set the county budget and tax rate.

04 / Records

What is available, what is next.

County checks, contracts, and recorded votes are being added.

Available

  • Adopted budget book (PDF) · County budget
  • Commissioners Court roster · County roster
  • Elections and sample ballots (official county pages)

Fort Bend ISD

  • 2026-27 budget: $898.0M
  • 2026 tax rate: $0.9969 per $100
  • Seven trustees, three-year terms, elected by position
FBISD records →

FBISD rate FBISD budget