HB5666

HB5666 creates the Fenske Road Municipal Utility District of Harris County for a described 33.7594-acre tract in the Jacob Duckworth Survey along Fenske Road. It receives general municipal-utility-district powers and authority for roads and related drainage. The statutory boundary description controls; it does not cover all property along the road or all Harris County.

District voters must confirm creation and elect five permanent directors. Required municipal consent must precede that election. The temporary directors named in the final act are McCay Dickson, Joseph Taylor, Michael Foreman, Alex Brown and Monica Bueso. Their terms end at permanent elections or the fourth anniversary of the effective date, whichever comes first, with successor appointments provided if needed. Permanent directors serve staggered four-year terms. Districts formed by lawful division inherit this chapter’s powers and duties.

Property taxes and tax-backed bonds require voter approval. Tax-backed road bonds require approval by two-thirds of participating district voters and are capped at issuance at one-fourth of assessed real-property value. Specified revenue- and contract-payment-backed obligations do not need a separate bond election, but contract taxes require voter approval of the underlying contract. Operating-tax rates are limited to the approved rate; the separate continuing tax for outstanding tax-backed bonds has no rate or amount ceiling specified here. Applicable city/county road standards remain, with state approval for state-operated and maintained roads.

The district may not exercise eminent domain. Although the initial House vote was 101–47 and the Senate vote 27–4, the final House concurrence vote was 93–44, below two-thirds of all elected members. That activates the bill’s no-eminent-domain provision and prevents immediate effect. The bill became law without the governor’s signature June 20, 2025, effective September 1, 2025. Sources: final law, boundaries and vote certificates and history.