HB5668 - Relating to the powers and duties of the Far North Fort Worth Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Tarrant and Wise Counties; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.

      H.B. No. 5668         AN ACT   relating to the powers and duties of the Far North Fort Worth   Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Tarrant and Wise Counties;   providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 8011, Special District   Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 8011.055 to read as   follows:           Sec.   8011.055.     AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH DEFINED AREAS OR   DESIGNATED PROPERTY.   Notwithstanding the acreage requirement   under Section 54.801(a), Water Code, the district may define areas   or designate certain property of the district and impose taxes and   issue bonds in the defined area or designated property as provided   by Subchapter J, Chapter 54, Water Code, to pay for improvements,   facilities, or services that primarily benefit that area or   property and do not generally and directly benefit the district as a   whole.   Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a defined area   may include a noncontiguous tract.          SECTION 2.  The Far North Fort Worth Municipal Utility   District No. 1 of Tarrant and Wise Counties retains all rights,   powers, privileges, authority, duties, and functions that it had   before the effective date of this Act.          SECTION 3.  (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 4.  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. 5668 was passed by the House on May   10, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 82, Nays 46, 2 present, not   voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House                 I certify that H.B. No. 5668 was passed by the Senate on May   22, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 27, Nays 4.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate       APPROVED:  _____________________                      Date                           _____________________                    Governor