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Fort Bend County Water Control and Improvement District No. 12 • Texas Transportation Commission • Fort Bend County Commissioners Court • Applicable Municipalities (within jurisdiction)
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BILL ANALYSIS |
| H.B. 5662 |
| By: Gates |
| Natural Resources |
| Committee Report (Unamended) |
| BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The bill author has informed the committee that a certain area in Fort Bend County lacks some of the necessary roads to support the area's development. H.B. 5662 seeks to address this issue by granting the Fort Bend County Water Control and Improvement District No. 12 the authority to undertake certain road projects and issue related bonds.
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| CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.
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| RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
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| ANALYSIS H.B. 5662 amends the Special District Local Laws Code to establish provisions relating to the Fort Bend County Water Control and Improvement District No. 12, including findings of public purpose and benefit. The bill authorizes the district, under specified provisions of the Texas Constitution, to design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate, maintain, and convey to the 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. The bill requires a road project to 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. The bill requires a road project that is not located in the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality to meet all applicable construction standards, subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which the road project is located. The bill requires the Texas Transportation Commission to approve the plans and specifications of the road project if the state will maintain and operate the road. The bill caps, at the time of issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from property taxes at one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the district. H.B. 5662 establishes that all applicable requirements relating to the following have been fulfilled and accomplished with respect to the bill: ·the legal notice of intention to introduce; ·governor action; ·Texas Commission on Environmental Quality recommendations; and ·the state constitution and laws and legislative rules and procedures.
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| EFFECTIVE DATE On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2025. |
| H.B. No. 5662 | ||
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| 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. | ||
| TO: | Honorable Cody Harris, Chair, House Committee on Natural Resources |
| FROM: | Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
| IN RE: | HB5662 by Gates (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.), As Introduced |
| Source Agencies: | 582 Commission on Environmental Quality |
| LBB Staff: | JMc, TUf, BC, CWi |
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Common questions about HB5662
HB5662 authorizes Fort Bend County Water Control and Improvement District No. 12 to finance, construct, and issue bonds for road projects, expanding its scope beyond water and drainage. While this creates a new reimbursement avenue for developers, it imposes a strict debt ceiling capped at 25% of the District’s assessed property value and mandates rigid adherence to municipal or county construction standards as a condition of funding.
HB5662 was authored by Texas Representative Gary Gates during the Regular Session.
HB5662 was signed into law by Governor Greg Abbott on June 20, 2025.
HB5662 is enforced by Fort Bend County Water Control and Improvement District No. 12, Texas Transportation Commission, Fort Bend County Commissioners Court and Applicable Municipalities (within jurisdiction).
The compliance urgency for HB5662 is rated as "low". Businesses and organizations should review the requirements and timeline to ensure timely compliance.
The cost impact of HB5662 is estimated as "medium". This may vary based on industry and implementation requirements.
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