89R12397 SCF-F
By: Spiller H.B. No. 5668
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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.