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TX HB5685

Bill

Status

Introduced

4/22/2025

Primary Sponsor

Stan Kitzman

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Origin

House of Representatives

89th Legislature Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Creates Waller County Improvement District No. 3 as a special district under the Texas Constitution to promote employment, commerce, transportation, housing, tourism, recreation, and economic development in the district territory

  • Establishes a five-member board of directors with initial temporary directors appointed by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality upon petition by owners of a majority of assessed property value, followed by elections for permanent directors serving staggered four-year terms

  • Grants the district authority to issue bonds, impose ad valorem taxes (with voter approval), levy assessments, and adopt sales and use taxes and hotel occupancy taxes to fund infrastructure improvements including water, wastewater, drainage, roads, parking facilities, and recreational facilities

  • Authorizes the district to provide economic development programs, contract for law enforcement services, and undertake improvement projects, but explicitly prohibits the exercise of eminent domain power

  • Encompasses approximately 227 acres across three tracts in the Jared E. Groce and William Whiteside Surveys in Waller County, with provisions allowing dissolution by petition of owners of at least two-thirds of assessed property value or by majority board vote once all debts are satisfied

Legislative Description

Relating to the creation of the Waller County Improvement District No. 3; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Special Districts & Authorities

Last Action

Recommendations filed with the Speaker

5/19/2025

Committee Referrals

Intergovernmental Affairs4/23/2025

Full Bill Text

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