Fort Bend County Appraisal District
Follow-Up Report
February 11, 2009
Mr. Lee M. Duggan III, Board Chairman
Mr. Glen Whitehead, Chief Appraiser
Fort Bend County Appraisal District
2801 B.F. Terry Blvd.
Rosenberg, Texas 77471-5600
Dear Chairman Duggan and Chief Appraiser Whitehead:
This letter constitutes the Comptroller’s follow-up report of the Appraisal Standards Review (ASR) of Fort Bend County Appraisal District (Fort Bend CAD) originally released in December 2007. We commend the cooperation of Fort Bend CAD’s board, chief appraiser and staff in conducting this follow-up review.
CADs play an integral part in setting property values because they have the statutory responsibility for determining local property values, which in turn affect funding to public schools.
The ASR made seven recommendations to help Fort Bend CAD achieve accurate local value in the annual Property Value Study and improve operations. We have reviewed the implementation of the recommendations and have concluded that Fort Bend CAD has completed implementing the recommendations and is therefore in compliance with Property Tax Code Section 5.102.
This letter is available on our Window on State Government Web site at www.window.state.tx.us/taxinfo/proptax/cadreports/asr/fortbend01/.
I hope this information is helpful. Please let us know if we can be of any further assistance.
Sincerely,
Susan Combs
cc: Superintendent and Board of Trustees; Lamar Consolidated Independent School District;
Needville Independent School District; Fort Bend Independent School District;
Kendleton Independent School District; Stafford Municipal School District; and
Katy Independent School District