2025 Texas sessionsRegular and both called sessions have ended. This index covers House and Senate bills, not resolutions. Statuses come from official reports.

2025 · Regular session · House bill

HB5662

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Official caption: Relating to the powers, duties, and authority to issue bonds of the Fort Bend County Water Control and Improvement District No. 12 related to roads.

Became law without signatureSource-checked explanation published

Official report lists House author(s): Gates. This does not identify sponsors or amendment drafters.

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Bill highlights

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HB5662 gives the existing Fort Bend County Water Control and Improvement District No. 12 express authority to design, acquire, construct, finance, improve, operate and maintain paved, graveled or similar roads and related improvements, including storm drainage.
Road projects must meet applicable municipal construction, zoning, subdivision and other requirements within city limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction.
At issuance, the total principal of road-project bonds or other obligations payable from property taxes cannot exceed one-fourth of assessed real-property value in the district.
The bill became law without the governor's signature June 20, 2025, and took effect September 1, 2025.

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What does it do?

HB5662 gives the existing Fort Bend County Water Control and Improvement District No. 12 express authority to design, acquire, construct, finance, improve, operate and maintain paved, graveled or similar roads and related improvements, including storm drainage. It may issue bonds for those purposes and convey roads to the state, a county or a city for operation and maintenance. This is an expansion of an existing district’s road powers, not creation of a new district or an order to build a particular road.

Road projects must meet applicable municipal construction, zoning, subdivision and other requirements within city limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction. Outside those areas, applicable county requirements apply. If the state will operate and maintain a road, the Texas Transportation Commission must approve its plans and specifications.

At issuance, the total principal of road-project bonds or other obligations payable from property taxes cannot exceed one-fourth of assessed real-property value in the district. That is a limit on this category of debt, not a promise that residents’ tax bills are capped at a particular rate or dollar amount.

The bill became law without the governor’s signature June 20, 2025, and took effect September 1, 2025. Its immediate-effect condition was not met: the House vote was 84–44, below two-thirds of all elected members, while the Senate voted 27–4. Sources: final law and official history.

What changed along the way?

The operative text matches across the introduced, House committee, House-passed, Senate committee and enrolled versions. Both committees reported without amendments, and the amendment index lists none. The September effective date follows the original voting condition, not a later amendment.

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Official bill versions

Compare the published text versions in the official text index. A change is not attributed to a specific amendment here without a verified record.

Who could benefit—and who could bear the costs?

Residents, landowners and developers could benefit from district-financed road and drainage improvements. District taxpayers could bear borrowing and maintenance costs. Municipal, county and state project requirements remain relevant; statutory authority alone does not demonstrate that a project, bond issue or future transfer of maintenance responsibility has been approved.

Both the latest fiscal note and introduced note expect no significant state impact and no impact on other local governments. They cannot determine district costs because future bonds, assessments, fees and taxes are unknown. The water-development statement says a formal impact statement was not required because this bill does not create a new district; it is not a finding that a particular road project has no environmental or financial effects.

Official sources

Catalog report retrieved 2026-10-25. Check the official record for corrections or later changes.