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, the official text

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.

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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.

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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.

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Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: _____________________

Date

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Governor