HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- Harris County's new $2.7 billion budget will go into effect in less than a week.

It was approved on Wednesday, but not without back and forth in commissioners' court over how to close a $200 million shortfall.

The Office of Management and Budget said key components in this budget include funding to support pay raises for law enforcement and county employees, expansions of the district attorney's office, and growth in the flood control district's maintenance program.

"We were able to make historic, much-needed investments in public safety," Commissioner Lesley Briones said on Wednesday.

"This is a really balanced budget that they were able to pass without a big hit to taxpayers," John Diamond, the Kelly Fellow at the Baker Institute, said. "The tax rate i

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