HB 5661

H.B. No. 5661
  AN ACT
  relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility
  District No. 286; granting a limited power of eminent domain;
  providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose
  assessments, fees, and taxes.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subtitle F, Title 6, Special District Local Laws
  Code, is amended by adding Chapter 8017A to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 8017A.  FORT BEND COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT
  NO. 286
  SUBCHAPTER A.  GENERAL PROVISIONS
         Sec. 8017A.0101.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:
               (1)  "Board" means the district's board of directors.
               (2)  "City" means the City of Rosenberg, Texas.
               (3)  "Commission" means the Texas Commission on
  Environmental Quality.
               (4)  "Director" means a board member.
               (5)  "District" means the Fort Bend County Municipal
  Utility District No. 286.
         Sec. 8017A.0102.  NATURE OF DISTRICT.  The district is a
  municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI,
  Texas Constitution.
         Sec. 8017A.0103.  CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTOR ELECTION
  REQUIRED.  The temporary directors shall hold an election to
  confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent
  directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
         Sec. 8017A.0104.  CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY AND DEVELOPMENT
  AGREEMENT REQUIRED.  (a)  The temporary directors may not hold an
  election under Section 8017A.0103 or to authorize the issuance of
  bonds until:
               (1)  the governing body of the city by ordinance or
  resolution consents to the creation of the district and to the
  inclusion of land in the district; and
               (2)  the district, the city, and the owner or owners of
  a majority of the assessed value of real property in the district
  negotiate and execute a mutually approved and accepted development
  agreement.
         (b)  The city's consent under Subsection (a) must be granted
  in the manner provided by Section 54.016, Water Code, for including
  land within the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction
  of a city.
         Sec. 8017A.0105.  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 municipal utility 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.
         Sec. 8017A.0106.  INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.  (a)  The
  district is initially composed of the territory described by
  Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.
         (b)  The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of
  the Act enacting this chapter form a closure.  A mistake made in the
  field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process
  does not affect the district's:
               (1)  organization, existence, or validity;
               (2)  right to issue any type of bond for the purposes
  for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and
  interest on a bond;
               (3)  right to impose a tax; or
               (4)  legality or operation.
  SUBCHAPTER B.  BOARD OF DIRECTORS
         Sec. 8017A.0201.  GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.  (a)  The district
  is governed by a board of five elected directors.
         (b)  Except as provided by Section 8017A.0202, directors
  serve staggered four-year terms.
         Sec. 8017A.0202.  TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.  (a)  The temporary
  board consists of:
               (1)  Mark Arce;
               (2)  Houyshar Moarefi;
               (3)  Neil Aussenberg;
               (4)  Russell Chun; and
               (5)  Kelsey Olsen.
         (b)  Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:
               (1)  the date permanent directors are elected under
  Section 8017A.0103; or
               (2)  the fourth anniversary of the effective date of
  the Act enacting this chapter.
         (c)  If permanent directors have not been elected under
  Section 8017A.0103 and the terms of the temporary directors have
  expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or
  reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that
  expire on the earlier of:
               (1)  the date permanent directors are elected under
  Section 8017A.0103; or
               (2)  the fourth anniversary of the date of the
  appointment or reappointment.
         (d)  If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a
  majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district
  may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the
  commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five
  persons named in the petition.  The commission shall appoint as
  successor temporary directors the five persons named in the
  petition.
  SUBCHAPTER C.  POWERS AND DUTIES
         Sec. 8017A.0301.  GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.  The district
  has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for
  which the district is created.
         Sec. 8017A.0302.  MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND
  DUTIES.  The district has the powers and duties provided by the
  general law of this state, including Section 52, Article III, Texas
  Constitution, and Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, applicable to
  municipal utility districts created under Section 59, Article XVI,
  Texas Constitution.
         Sec. 8017A.0303.  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. 8017A.0304.  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.
         Sec. 8017A.0305.  COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT
  ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION.  The district shall comply with all
  applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is
  adopted under Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that
  consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land
  in the district.
         Sec. 8017A.0306.  PUBLIC INFORMATION.  (a)  The district
  shall maintain an Internet website.
         (b)  The board shall make available on the district's
  Internet website the information required under Section 26.18, Tax
  Code.
         Sec. 8017A.0307.  DIVISION OF DISTRICT.  This chapter
  applies to any new district created by the division of the district
  under Section 49.316, Water Code, and a new district has all the
  powers and duties of the district.
  SUBCHAPTER D.  BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS
         Sec. 8017A.0401.  AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER
  OBLIGATIONS.  The district may issue bonds or other obligations
  payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees,
  revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any
  combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district
  purpose.
         Sec. 8017A.0402.  TAXES FOR BONDS. At the time the district
  issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the
  board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing
  direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all
  or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner
  provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
         SECTION 2.  The Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District
  No. 286 initially includes all the territory contained in the
  following area:
  Being a 97.5629 acres (4,249,840 square feet) of land situated in
  the H&TC RR CO Survey, A-208 of Fort Bend County, Texas and being
  all of Two (2) 48.650 acre tracts of land as described in on
  instrument to
  Alexander E. Brodsky by Warranty Deed with Vendors Lien, recorded
  in Volume 598, Page 885 of the Deed Records of Fort Bend County,
  Texas (D.R.F.B.C.T.),said 97.5629 acre tract of land described by
  metes and bounds as follows:
  COMMENCING of a 1/2 inch iron pipe found lying in the northeast line
  of a called 16.511 acre tract of land as described in an instrument
  to David Waddell Vogelsang Trust by General Warranty Deed recorded
  under Clerk's File Number (C.F.N.) 2012033682 of the Official
  Public Records of Fort Bend County, Texas (O.P.R. F.B.C.T), being
  the most westerly corner of a called 47.72 acre tract of land as
  described in an instrument to James White, recorded under C.F.N.
  9715442 of the 0.P.R.F.B.C.T. and the most southerly corner of
  called 80 acre tract of land as described in an instrument to Rhonda
  Rand Hill, as Trustee of The Rhonda Rand Hill Revocable Living Trust
  by Special Warranty Deed recorded under C.F.N. 2016036341 O.P.R.
  F.B.C.T.;
  THENCE North 47° 46' 10" West, along and with the northeast line of
  said 16.511 acre tract, a called 50.11 acre tract of land as
  described in an instrument to Richard Lee Carney, recorded under
  C.F.N. 2017019399 of the O.P.R. F.B.C.T., a distance of 977.00 feet
  to a 5/8 inch iron rod with cap stamped "FULCRUM LAND SURVEYING",
  for the most northerly corner of said 50.11 acre tract of land, most
  easterly corner of said 48.650 acre tract and POINT OF BEGINNING of
  the herein described tract;
  THENCE South 42° 11' 52" West, along and with the north line of said
  50.11 acre tract of land, a distance of 2635.73 feet to a PK-Nail
  set, being in the centerline of Blase Road, a Public Asphalt Road,
  for the most southerly corner of said 48.650 acre and herein
  described tract;
  THENCE North 47° 52' 22" West, along and with said Blase Road
  centerline, a distance of 1667.62 feet to a PK-Nail set, being the
  centerline intersection of said Blase Road and Zunker Road, a 60'
  Public asphalt Road, for the most westerly corner of said 48.650
  acre and herein described tract;
  THENCE North 42° 16' 26" East, along and with said Zunker Road
  centerline, a distance of 2320.07 feet to a PK-Nail set, for the
  most westerly corner of a called 3.293 acre tract of land as
  described in an Instrument to Randall R. Schmidt by General
  Warranty Deed with Vendors Lien recorded under C.F.N. 2001022111 of
  the O.P.R. F.B.C.T.;
  THENCE South 47° 46' 10" East, along and with the southwest line of
  said 3.293 acre tract of land, passing a 1/2 inch pipe found for a
  distance of 40.27 feet, being the apparent right of way line of
  Zunker Road, and continuing for a total distance of 450.29 feet to a
  1/2 inch pipe found, marking the most southerly corner of said 3.293
  acre tract of land;
  THENCE North 42° 13' 20" East, along and with the southeast line of
  said 3.293 acre tract of land, a distance of 318.67 feet to a 5/8
  inch iron rod with cap found, for the most easterly corner of said
  3.293 acre tract of land, being the southwest line of said 80 acre
  tract of land;
  THENCE South 47° 46' 10" East, along and with the southwest line of
  said 80 acre tract of land, a distance of 1214.11 feet to the POINT
  OF BEGINNING and containing a computed 97.5629 acres (4,249,840
  square feet) of land.
  Being a 79.5635 acres (3,465,787 square feet) of land situated in
  the H&TC RR CO Survey, A-208 of Fort Bend County, Texas and being
  all of a called 80 acre tract of land as described in an instrument
  to Rhonda Rand Hill, as Trustee of The Rhonda Rand Hill Revocable
  Living Trust, recorded under Clerks File Number (C.F.N.) 2016036341
  of the Official Public Records of Fort Bend County, Texas (O.P.R.
  F.B.C.T), said 79.5635 acre tract of land described by metes and
  bounds as follows:
  BEGINNING at a 1/2 inch iron pipe found lying in the northeast line
  of a called 16.511 acre tract of land as described in an instrument
  to Christian James Garcia, recorded under C.F.N. 2012033682 of the
  O.P.R. F.B.C.T., being the most easterly corner of a called 47.72
  acre tract of land as described in an instrument to James White,
  recorded under C.F.N. 9715442 of the O.P.R. F.B.C.T. and the most
  southerly corner of said 80 acre tract of land and herein described
  tract;
  THENCE North 47°46'10" West, along and with the northeast line of
  said 16.511 acre tract, a called 50.11 acre tract of land as
  described in an instrument to Richard Lee Carney, recorded under
  C.F.N. 2017019399 of the O.P.R. F.B.C.T., a called Two 48.650 acre
  tracts of land as described in an instrument to Alexander E.
  Brodsky, recorded in Volume 598, Page 885 of the Deed Records of
  Fort Bend County, Texas (D.R. F.B.C.T.), and a called 3.293 acre
  tract of land as described in an instrument to Randall R. Schmidt,
  recorded under C.F.N. 2001022111 of the O.P.R. F.B.C.T., passing a
  distance of 21291.12 feet for a 5/8 inch iron rod with cap found for
  the most easterly corner of said 3.293 acre tract of land, passing a
  distance of 2601.00 feet for a 5/8 inch iron rod with cap found
  being the apparent right of way line of Zunker Road, a 60' public
  asphalt road, for a total distance of 2641.12 feet to center of
  Zunker Road;
  THENCE North 42°13'20" East, along and with the center line of
  Zunker Road, a distance of 1315.06 feet to a 60-D Nail set for the
  most westerly corner of a called 2.471-acre tract of land as
  described in an instrument to Christian James Garcia, recorded
  under C.F.N. 202121913 of the O.P.R. F.B.C.T. and the most
  northerly corner of said 80 acre tract of land and the herein
  described tract, being the centerline intersection of said Zunker
  Road and Twin Lane, a 60' public asphalt road;
  THENCE South 47°44'39" East, along and with the centerline of said
  Twin Lane and southwest line of said 2.471 acre tract of land, a
  called 3.552 acre tract of land as described in an instrument to
  Kenneth K. Sugawara Jr. and Laura J. Sugawara, recorded under
  C.F.N. 2005155829 of the O.P.R. F.B.C.T., a called 2.50 acre tract
  of land as described in an instrument to Guidroz Family Living
  Trust, recorded under C.F.N. 2009129064 of the O.P.R. F.B.C.T., a
  called 1.6273 acre tract of land as described in an instrument to
  Benjamin Castillo, recorded under C.F.N. 201709579 of the O.P.R.
  F.B.C.T., a called 2.17 acre tract of land as described in an
  instrument to James Respondek and wife, Anna Barbara Respondek,
  recorded under C.F.N. 79097662 of the O.P.R. F.B.C.T., a called
  4.082 acre tract of land as described in an instrument to Bruce
  Conrad Stewart Jr. and Bonnie Marie Stewart, recorded under C.F.N.
  2021194577 of the O.P.R. F.B.C.T., and a called 1.25 acre tract of
  land as described in an instrument to Cheyl Davis, recorded under
  C.F.N. 2019138340 of the O.P.R. F.B.C.T., passing a distance of
  1831.47 feet for a Mag Nail found, marking the most northerly corner
  of said 1.25 acre tract of land, for a total distance of 2632.13
  feet to a point, being in the northwest line said 47.72 acre tract
  of land and the most easterly corner of said 80 acre tract of land
  and herein described tract, from which a 5/8 inch iron rod found,
  bears South 47°42'09" East, a distance of 1.84 feet;
  THENCE South 41°49'49" West, along and with the northwest line of
  said 47.72-acre tract of land, a distance of 1313.93 feet to the
  POINT OF BEGINNING and containing a computed 79.5635 acres
  (3,465,787 square feet) of land.
         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.  (a)  If this Act does not receive a two-thirds
  vote of all the members elected to each house, Subchapter C, Chapter
  8017A, Special District Local Laws Code, as added by Section 1 of
  this Act, is amended by adding Section 8017A.0308 to read as
  follows:
         Sec. 8017A.0308.  NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER.  The district may
  not exercise the power of eminent domain.
         (b)  This section is not intended to be an expression of a
  legislative interpretation of the requirements of Section 17(c),
  Article I, Texas Constitution.
         SECTION 5.  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. 5661 was passed by the House on May 7,
  2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 101, Nays 47, 2 present, not
  voting.
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
         I certify that H.B. No. 5661 was passed by the Senate on May
  28, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 27, Nays 4.
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
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                   Governor