BILL ANALYSIS

H.B. 5696

By: Cook

Intergovernmental Affairs

Committee Report (Unamended)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

The bill author has informed the committee that an area located within the City of Mansfield would benefit from the creation of a management district. H.B. 5696 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. 5696 amends the Special District Local Laws Code to create the Reserve Municipal Management District to provide certain improvements, projects, and services for public use and benefit. The bill provides for, among other provisions, disbursements and transfers of money, the addition or exclusion of land, the division of the district, and the dissolution of the district. The district's powers and duties include, subject to certain requirements, including request by petition, voter approval at a tax election, and municipal consent, the authority to impose assessments and liens for assessments, to issue bonds and other obligations, and to impose property and operation and maintenance taxes. The bill prohibits the district from exercising the power of eminent domain.

H.B. 5696 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.