HB 5668

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:  _____________________
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                   Governor