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, the official text

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.

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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

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Governor