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TX HB5686

Bill

Status

Passed

6/20/2025

Primary Sponsor

William Metcalf

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Origin

House of Representatives

89th Legislature Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Creates Montgomery County Management District No. 3 as a special district in Montgomery County, Texas, covering approximately 144 acres in the Calvin Lynch Survey, governed by a five-member board of directors serving staggered four-year terms

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

  • Authorizes the district to promote economic development, contract for law enforcement services with Montgomery County or the cities of Conroe and Willis, and create nonprofit corporations to assist with projects

  • Specifies the district supplements rather than replaces existing county and city services, and prohibits the district from exercising eminent domain power

  • Names five initial directors (Michele Burke, Andrew Williams, Benjamin Mellado, Mehmet Okumus, and Joey Sergio Soto) and allows the district to be divided into multiple new districts if it has never issued bonds and is not imposing ad valorem taxes

Legislative Description

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

Special Districts & Authorities

Last Action

Effective immediately

6/20/2025

Committee Referrals

Local Government5/16/2025
Intergovernmental Affairs4/23/2025

Full Bill Text

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