General

The Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 50 (HCWCID 50) has scheduled a public hearing to discuss the proposed tax rate for the 2024 tax year. The meeting details are as follows:

Date: October 15, 2024
Time: 12:00 PM
Location: 1122 Cedar Lane, El Lago, Texas 77586

This public hearing will provide an opportunity for taxpayers to learn more about the proposed tax rate and how it may affect their individual tax liabilities.

Tax Rate Analysis

The proposed tax rate for 2024 is set at 0.4750 per $100 of value, a slight increase from the previous year’s rate of 0.4345 per $100 of value. For an average residence homestead, this translates into a 7.93% increase in taxes. The table below summarizes the comparison between last year’s and this year’s proposed tax rates:

• Last Year:
  • Tax Rate: 0.4345 per $100
  • Average Home Value: $332,794
  • Tax Amount: $1,445.98
• This Year (Proposed):
  • Tax Rate: 0.4750 per $100
  • Average Home Value: $328,571
  • Tax Amount: $1,560.71

Homeowners should be aware that depending on the changes in their property’s taxable value relative to others in the district, their taxes may increase at a higher or lower rate than the average. The Board has proposed using the increased funds to support water, sewer, and drainage improvements within the district.

For More Information

For more details regarding the proposed tax rates and how they might affect your property taxes, refer to the official Notice of Public Hearing on Tax Rate document or visit Texas.gov/PropertyTaxes to access further property tax information.

Feel free to review the document for additional insights on the tax rate proposal and taxpayer rights.

The Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 50 will hold a public hearing on a proposed tax rate for the tax year 2023 on October 13, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. at 1122 Cedar Lane, El Lago, Texas 77586. Your individual taxes may increase at a greater or lesser rate, or even decrease, depending on the tax rate that is adopted and on the change in the taxable value of your property in relation to the change in taxable value of all other property. The change in the taxable value of your property in relation to the change in the taxable value of all other property determines the distribution of the tax burden among all property owners.

Visit Texas.gov/PropertyTaxes to find a link to your local property tax database on which you can easily access information regarding your property taxes, including information about proposed tax rates and scheduled public hearings of each entity that taxes your property.

Notice of Public Hearing on Tax Rate (PDF)

Northbound traffic closure on Lakeshore Drive between Tallowood Drive and Bayview Drive for installation of new storm sewer and concrete paving.

Timeline: 1/18/23 – 5/18/23

CCISD has been notified, so bus routes may be modified during this time.

Due to the current corona virus situation, our office will be closed to visitors until further notice; however, our office staff will still be on duty to take calls and handle administrative processes and our field personnel will still be out performing their regular duties including meter reading. While they welcome greetings and a friendly howdy or wave hello, please avoid direct contact with them for now. For water emergencies and to conduct other business please contact the office by telephone at (281) 326-5573.

To pay bills we would prefer at this time that you pay online rather than by mail or using our drop box so as to limit pathways for transmission of the virus.

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We hope you remain well and that these temporary measures will only be required for a short time.

Thank you.

Storm Sewer Televising Report

The District has recently completed an approximately 20-year program to renovate or replace all of the aging sewer lines within the District using modern, durable, and long-lasting pipe materials. All of this was accomplished within the District’s normal annual budgets except for the last recently completed segments, which were funded under voter approved bond authority at as minimal a level as possible.

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