HB5662 - Relating to the powers, duties, and authority to issue bonds of the Fort Bend County Water Control and Improvement District No. 12 related to roads.

      H.B. No. 5662         AN ACT   relating to the powers, duties, and authority to issue bonds of the   Fort Bend County Water Control and Improvement District No. 12   related to roads.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subtitle I, Title 6, Special District Local Laws   Code, is amended by adding Chapter 9096 to read as follows:   CHAPTER   9096.   FORT BEND COUNTY WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT   DISTRICT NO. 12   SUBCHAPTER A.   GENERAL PROVISIONS           Sec.   9096.0101.     DEFINITION.   In this chapter, "district"     means the Fort Bend County Water Control and Improvement   District   No.   12.           Sec.   9096.0102.     FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.   (a)   The district is created to serve a public purpose and benefit.           (b)  The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:                 (1)     a water control and improvement district as   provided by general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas   Constitution; and                 (2)     Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that   relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation,   or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or   improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.   SUBCHAPTER B.   POWERS AND DUTIES           Sec.   9096.0201.     AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS. Under Section   52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design,   acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate,   maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for   operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or   improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.           Sec.   9096.0202.     ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS. (a) A   road project must meet all applicable construction standards,   zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each   municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial   jurisdiction the road project is located.           (b)     If a road project is not located in the corporate limits   or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road   project must meet all applicable construction standards,   subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which   the road project is located.           (c)     If the state will maintain and operate the road, the   Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and   specifications of the road project.   SUBCHAPTER C.   BONDS           Sec.   9096.0301.     BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS. At the time of   issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations   issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad   valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the   real property in the district.          SECTION 2.  (a)  The legal notice of the intention to   introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this   Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a   copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,   officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished   under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,   Government Code.          (b)  The governor, one of the required recipients, has   submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on   Environmental Quality.          (c)  The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed   its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the   lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of   representatives within the required time.          (d)  All requirements of the constitution and laws of this   state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect   to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled   and accomplished.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2025.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 5662 was passed by the House on May   10, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 84, Nays 44, 2 present, not   voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House                 I certify that H.B. No. 5662 was passed by the Senate on May   28, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 27, Nays 4.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate       APPROVED:  _____________________                      Date                           _____________________                    Governor