BILL ANALYSIS

H.B. 4894

By: Flores

Land & Resource Management

Committee Report (Unamended)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

During the 87th Regular Legislative Session, the Legislature enacted H.B. 4646, which created the Creedmoor Municipal Utility District (MUD) in Travis County that was initially approximately 212 acres. The bill author has informed the committee that there is a project within the Creedmoor Municipal Utility District called Willow Springs that is currently proposed to be primarily residential but with approximately 10 acres of commercial that will be near the highway. The bill author has also informed the committee that since the district was created, it has annexed five tracts of land, which totals approximately 145 acres. H.B. 4894 seeks to redefine the boundaries of the Creedmoor Municipal Utility District to reflect the annexation.

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.

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.

ANALYSIS

H.B. 4894 amends the Special District Local Laws Code and Chapter 762, Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021, to change the boundaries of the Creedmoor Municipal Utility District.

H.B. 4894 provides for the validation and confirmation of certain district actions, elections, and proceedings taken before the bill's effective date. The bill establishes that this provision does not apply to any matter that on the bill's effective date is involved in litigation if the litigation ultimately results in the matter being held invalid by a final court judgment or has been held invalid by a final court judgment.

H.B. 4894 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.

H.B. 4894 repeals Section 2, Chapter 762, Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021.

EFFECTIVE DATE

On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2025.