Who sets each slice.
A local tax bill is not one decision. It is several. This map shows the body that adopts each rate and the next election connected to it. The amounts are an estimate on the city's median homestead example.
A median-homestead estimate, by controlling body.
Amounts are calculated from published rates on a $369,495 taxable value.
- City of Sugar Land · $1,371 · Sugar Land City Council
- Fort Bend County · $1,504 · Fort Bend County Commissioners Court
- Fort Bend ISD · $3,684 · Fort Bend ISD Board of Trustees
- Fort Bend County Drainage District · $37 · Drainage District
Estimate, not a bill. Actual bills vary by exemptions, appraisal value, MUD/ESD, and other taxing units. City release County budget FBISD rate Drainage
What each body controls.
The legal authority is cited to the public record that shows the current action or rate.
| Body | Controls | Next election | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugar Land City Council | Adopts the City of Sugar Land rate and its budget. | Districts 1–4 on the next city ballot | City release |
| Fort Bend County Commissioners Court | Adopts the Fort Bend County rate and its budget. | Countywide elections | County budget |
| Fort Bend ISD Board of Trustees | Adopts the Fort Bend ISD rate and its budget. | FBISD trustee elections | FBISD rate |
| Drainage District | Adopts the Fort Bend County Drainage District rate and its budget. | Drainage district governance | County budget |
Where the decisions are made.
City Council, Commissioners Court, and the school board each set their own budget and rate.
City election
Districts 1–4 are on the next city ballot. The FY2027 budget is $541,486,547 including inter-fund transfers; the adopted city rate is 0.371116 per $100.
Election hub →County and school board
The county rate is 0.407000 and the FBISD rate is 0.9969. County and school-board elections are separate from the city election.
County records →