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All tax entities in the Fort Bend County Appraisal District have their property valued by the
appraisal district. The central appraisal district establishes the
assessed values and each tax entity utilizes the values. Each tax
entity used to establish it own values for each property tax, now
the central appraisal district is responsible for the values. The
Appraisal District is governed by a board of directors appointed by
the taxing entities participating in the Appraisal District. The
board has five voting members, however if the county Tax
Assessor/Collector is not appointed by the entities as a voting
member of the board, he or she automatically serves as a non-voting
board member.
Fort Bend
Appraisal District Board of Directors:
The Appraisal District Board of Directors Role, in the Property Tax
System, is to hire the chief appraiser, set the budget, and appoint
the appraisal review board members. The board of directors has no
authority when it comes to setting the values or any being involved
in any of the appraisal methods utilized by the chief appraiser.
The chief appraiser’s responsibility is to carry out the appraisal
district’s legal duties, hire staff members, property appraisals,
and manage the appraisal office.
Chief Appraiser:
Glen Whitehead
In
accordance with the Texas Property Tax Code, the Fort Bend County
Appraisal District Board of Directors has appointed members of the
Appraisal Review Board (ARB). The appraisal review board (ARB) is
the lawful part of the system and its members may serve two-year
terms and are permitted to serve a maximum of three terms. The ARB
is a separate body from the appraisal office and serves a different
function. It hears and resolves disputes over appraisal matters.
This is a very broad and important responsibility, but the ARB must
be sensitive to its legal and practical limits. |
