HB 5662

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:  _____________________
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                   Governor