{"about":"Bastrop County, Texas 2026 budget, compiled by County Commons (independent, nonpartisan; not a government website). Every amount cites its source document and page.","page":"https://bastroptx.countycommons.us/budget","meta":{"document":"Bastrop County FY2025-26 Adopted Budget","title":"Bastrop County — the money trail","grand_total":93738915,"year":2026,"note":"Texas counties budget fund by fund, not as one grand total. This is the tax-supported budget — the General Fund (most offices and courts), the Road & Bridge Fund, and Debt Service — adopted by the Commissioners Court on August 25, 2025 for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2025. It is paid for mostly by property tax: the adopted rate is $0.42870 per $100 of value (General Fund $0.350500 + Road & Bridge $0.078210), levied on $13,474,499,007 of certified taxable value. The county adopted at its voter-approval rate — the most it could set without an election. Capital-project and grant funds are budgeted separately and left out here because they double-count transfers; every figure below traces to the county's adopted budget."},"documents":[{"id":"bastrop-fy26-budget","title":"Bastrop County FY2025-26 Adopted Budget Report","jurisdiction":"bastrop-county","layer":"appropriation","source_url":"https://www.bastropcounty.gov/page/open/2458/0/FY25-26AdoptedBudgetReport.pdf","retrieved_at":"2026-08-21","status":"ingested","note":"Adopted by Commissioners Court Aug 25, 2025. General Fund $73,512,281; Road & Bridge $13,704,096; Debt Service $6,522,538; tax rate $0.42870/$100."}],"verification":{"total_checks":9,"passed":9,"failed":0},"nodes":[{"year":2026,"layer":"appropriation","section":"appropriations","docket_ref":null,"id":"general-fund","parent":null,"name":"General Fund","code":"100","amount":73512281,"source":{"doc":"bastrop-fy26-budget","page":null},"children_complete":true,"status":"sourced","note":"The county’s main operating fund — most offices and courts. Funded mainly by property taxes. FY2025-26 adopted."},{"year":2026,"layer":"appropriation","section":"appropriations","docket_ref":null,"id":"road-bridge","parent":null,"name":"Road & Bridge Fund","code":"221-224","amount":13704096,"source":{"doc":"bastrop-fy26-budget","page":null},"children_complete":true,"status":"sourced","note":"A separate fund for county roads, split among the four commissioner precincts."},{"year":2026,"layer":"appropriation","section":"appropriations","docket_ref":null,"id":"debt-service","parent":null,"name":"Debt Service Fund","code":null,"amount":6522538,"source":{"doc":"bastrop-fy26-budget","page":null},"status":"sourced","note":"This year's principal and interest on the county's tax-supported debt (the debt booklet schedules a $6,517,537 payment; the budget appropriates $6,522,538). Behind that yearly payment: $70,025,000 of principal still outstanding as of Oct 1, 2025, or $96,508,940 counting all the interest still to come, paid down through 2044. Most of it is recent — a single 2024 certificate of obligation for $31.3M is about 42% of all the principal, and roughly tripled the county's debt. The county's bonds are rated AA+ (S&P) and Aa1 (Moody's). Full schedule: the county's Debt Service Booklet."},{"year":2026,"layer":"appropriation","section":"appropriations","docket_ref":null,"id":"gf-1","parent":"general-fund","name":"Sheriff’s Office (Law Enforcement)","code":null,"amount":14735307,"source":{"doc":"bastrop-fy26-budget","page":null},"status":"sourced","note":"Patrol, investigations, and law enforcement."},{"year":2026,"layer":"appropriation","section":"appropriations","docket_ref":null,"id":"gf-2","parent":"general-fund","name":"County Jail","code":null,"amount":13174455,"source":{"doc":"bastrop-fy26-budget","page":null},"status":"sourced","note":"Running the county jail and detention."},{"year":2026,"layer":"appropriation","section":"appropriations","docket_ref":null,"id":"gf-3","parent":"general-fund","name":"Non-Departmental","code":null,"amount":6666750,"source":{"doc":"bastrop-fy26-budget","page":null},"status":"sourced","note":"County-wide costs not tied to one office — insurance, transfers, shared 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