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Harris County adopts 2025 millage rate after third public hearing
Summary
After three required public hearings, the Harris County Board of Commissioners adopted a 2025 millage rate of 9.13 mills (5.478 mills in parts of West Point). Officials said the rate is effectively unchanged from recent years; notices and bill timing were announced.
Harris County commissioners on Aug. 19 adopted a 2025 property tax millage rate of 9.13 mills for most of the county and 5.478 mills for areas of West Point following the third of three public hearings required by state law.
The adoption follows two earlier hearings held Aug. 5, and county officials said the rate is the same as in recent years. The board’s notice said the tentative millage rate will require an increase in property taxes of 2.97% in the countywide (less West Point) area and 2.58% in the West Point area compared with the rollback rate. County staff said the proposed increase would translate to roughly $26.30 annually for a homeowner whose fair market value is $250,000 under the countywide tentative rate.
The county clerk confirmed that, if approved, tax bills will be mailed in early October and will be due in December. The county noted the final resolution is contingent on the millage rates adopted by both the Board of Commissioners and the Board of Education; the school board had adopted a total rate of 19.5 mills (18.5 mills plus a 1-mill bond rate). The board voted to adopt the resolution at the meeting; the motion passed.
Why it matters: The millage rate determines the county portion of property taxes collected locally and directly affects homeowners’ and non-homestead property owners’ annual bills. County staff held the three statutorily-required hearings and provided the required notices in advance.
Discussion and next steps: Commissioners opened and closed the public hearing during the Aug. 19 meeting after no members of the public came forward to speak. The board adopted the millage resolution by voice vote; the record shows a motion, a second and the chair’s announcement that the motion carried. County staff will finalize and publish the resolution and proceed with billing as scheduled.
Source quotes from the meeting: “This is the third of three public hearings the county has required to hold regarding the notice of intent to increase property taxes,” the chair said when opening the hearing. “We’re not planning on raising our millage rate,” the chair added when explaining the county’s position before opening public comment.
Ending: The county will distribute tax bills in early October; property owners with questions were directed to the county tax office.
