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VELASCO DRAINAGE DISTRICT
- Type
- Fresh Water Supply District
- Status
- Active
- County
- Brazoria County
- City
- Clute
- Officer of record
- Stuart Herbst — President
- Phone
- (979)265-4251
- TCEQ district number
- 8272000
- Location on record
- map point ↗ (29.0192, -95.3986)
Property tax rate — 2025
$0.07912 per $100 of taxable value — $0.07694 maintenance & operations + $0.00218 debt service (I&S)
Taxable value $15,930,210,504; calculated levy $12,604,620.
Source: Texas Comptroller, Special District Rates and Levies 2025 (Tax Code §5.091) — file version "Working". Rates are per $100 of taxable value; confirm current figures with the district before relying on them for a closing.
Bond debt outstanding — FY2025
$3,775,000 tax-supported (no revenue-supported debt) — principal outstanding as reported by the Bond Review Board.
13-year history, total principal outstanding:
Peak: $6,125,000 in FY2013.
Source: Texas Bond Review Board data center. Texas's fiscal year ends August 31. The I&S portion of a district's tax rate exists to service debt like this.
What this district is
A water district is a unit of local government under the Texas Water Code — not an HOA. Many district types levy property taxes or charge for water and sewer service; the district itself is the authority on its current rates. The officer of record above is the registry's contact for it.
The HOA Book reports the state's own files here: TCEQ's registry, the Comptroller's special-district tax rates, and the Bond Review Board's debt data — the way our Colorado district pages report levies. Certified filings, never estimates; where a file doesn't cover this district, the page says so instead of guessing.
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Source: TCEQ Water Districts registry via data.texas.gov, pulled 2026-08-08. Wrong or missing? Tell us.