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Smith County · appropriation · 2026 · dept/fund 10

General Fund

$120,711,946
✓ Sourced

This number is cited to a source document, and its arithmetic re-adds to the dollar (it cross-foots, or it is counted inside a total that does).

Source
Smith County FY2026-27 Budget (posted as “FY 2027 Proposed Budget”)
Page
21
Layer
appropriation — Layer one: what Commissioners Court authorized to be spent. What was actually spent is layer two (audit and treasurer reports); which vendor got which check is layer three (check register).
Checked
Counted ✓ — this fund is part of the grand total that re-adds to the ordinance's stated figure exactly. Full report.
Share
61% of all county appropriations ($198,056,173)
Retrieved
2026-09-26 — Adopted Sept 15, 2026 (3–1). The posted file still says “Proposed” and shows votes as “Pending.”

Note on this line

The county’s main operating fund — courts, the sheriff, the jail, and most offices. Paid for mostly by property tax: the General Fund’s share of the rate is $0.265117 per $100 (p. 27). Honest arithmetic: the 50 departments below, as printed on pages 38–88, add up to $120,711,947 — one dollar more than the $120,711,946 fund total the county prints on page 21. That $1 is rounding inside the county’s own book, so this fund is not marked as cross-footed to the dollar.

What's inside this number

LineAmountStatus
Commissioners Court $787,407 ○ Cited
Records Services $258,604 ○ Cited
County Clerk $2,587,504 ○ Cited
Elections $1,143,298 ○ Cited
Veterans Service Office $317,126 ○ Cited
Budget Office $166,855 ○ Cited
Information Services $8,153,720 ○ Cited
General Operations $8,495,635 ○ Cited
Facilities Services $4,593,410 ○ Cited
Judicial Compliance Office $428,658 ○ Cited
Human Resources $701,543 ○ Cited
County Court $243,104 ○ Cited
County Court at Law $650,236 ○ Cited
County Court at Law No. 2 $640,261 ○ Cited
County Court at Law No. 3 $930,125 ○ Cited
7th District Court $403,367 ○ Cited
114th District Court $394,831 ○ Cited
241st District Court $403,344 ○ Cited
321st District Court $1,556,280 ○ Cited
475th District Court $422,581 ○ Cited
Capital Murder Trials $682,979 ○ Cited
Indigent Defense $3,619,370 ○ Cited
District Clerk $2,560,247 ○ Cited
Justice of the Peace, Pct. 1 $386,175 ○ Cited
Justice of the Peace, Pct. 2 $453,171 ○ Cited
Justice of the Peace, Pct. 3 $446,600 ○ Cited
Justice of the Peace, Pct. 4 $464,025 ○ Cited
Justice of the Peace, Pct. 5 $466,814 ○ Cited
Criminal District Attorney $9,438,470 ○ Cited
County Auditor $1,485,902 ○ Cited
Purchasing $768,282 ○ Cited
County Treasurer $367,521 ○ Cited
Tax Assessor-Collector $3,148,259 ○ Cited
Public Service $280,000 ○ Cited
Fire Marshal $1,104,435 ○ Cited
Animal Control $915,989 ○ Cited
Constable, Pct. 1 $604,976 ○ Cited
Constable, Pct. 2 $683,862 ○ Cited
Constable, Pct. 3 $610,437 ○ Cited
Constable, Pct. 4 $664,620 ○ Cited
Constable, Pct. 5 $661,832 ○ Cited
Environmental Crimes Office $242,043 ○ Cited
Dispatch Operations (Sheriff) $2,898,728 ○ Cited
Sheriff's Department $17,510,020 ○ Cited
Jail $32,878,761 ○ Cited
Judicial Services $3,241,749 ○ Cited
Community Supervision & Corrections $75,953 ○ Cited
Juvenile Board $45,686 ○ Cited
Agriculture Department $396,410 ○ Cited
Pre-Trial / Bail Bond $330,742 ○ Cited

This list is not yet complete — more lines exist in the source document than have been ingested.