BILL ANALYSIS

H.B. 5691

By: Money

Intergovernmental Affairs

Committee Report (Unamended)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

The bill author has informed the committee that an area located within Hunt County would benefit from the creation of a management district. H.B. 5691 seeks to provide for the creation of such a district.

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. 5691 amends the Special District Local Laws Code to create the Wolf Creek Municipal Management District No. 1 to provide certain improvements, projects, and services for public use and benefit. The bill provides for, among other provisions, the addition and exclusion of district land and the district's division and dissolution. The district's powers and duties include, subject to certain requirements, the authority to issue obligations and impose assessments and property and operation and maintenance taxes.

H.B. 5691 does the following:

· if the bill receives a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to each house, authorizes the district to exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided under statutory provisions applicable to water districts generally; and

· expressly prohibits the district from exercising the power of eminent domain if the bill does not receive such a vote.

H.B. 5691 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.

EFFECTIVE DATE

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