Higher Year End Taxes
Harris County’s proposed $3.1B general fund budget could mean higher property taxes
The county’s budget office said spending would increase 12%, with healthcare and law enforcement costs driving the rise.
Harris County commissioners weighed a $3.1 billion general-fund budget that would raise the county property tax rate to its no-referendum maximum, a move one commissioner called the second-largest increase in county history.
Under one scenario, taxes on an average $400,000 homestead would rise about $226, though commissioners took no vote and a tax-rate decision is expected early next month.