HB5670

HB5670 creates Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 259 for two tracts totaling 342.736 acres near Peach Creek and Faulkner Road. The statute’s detailed boundaries, not the county name, determine which properties are included.

The district receives general municipal-utility-district powers and authority to finance, build and maintain roads and related drainage. Voters must confirm creation and elect five permanent directors. Required municipal consent must precede that election. The act names Jerry Everhard, Darby Oldham Kent, Troy A. Brown, Brett West and Caleb Davis as temporary directors until permanent directors are elected or September 1, 2029, whichever occurs first. It provides successor appointments if needed. Permanent directors serve staggered four-year terms. A district created by division under the cited general law inherits this chapter’s powers and duties.

Property taxes and property-tax-backed bonds require voter approval. Tax-backed road bonds require approval by two-thirds of participating voters, and their principal at issuance cannot exceed one-fourth of assessed real-property value. Specified revenue- or contract-payment-backed obligations do not require a separate bond election; contract taxes require voter approval of the underlying contract. Operating-tax rates cannot exceed the approved rate, while the continuing tax for outstanding tax-backed bonds has no rate or amount limit specified in this act. Roads must meet applicable local standards, with state approval for state-maintained roads.

The act became law without the governor’s signature June 20, 2025, effective September 1, 2025. Despite the caption’s reference to eminent domain, the district may not exercise that power: House passage was 81–47, below the two-thirds threshold, activating the act’s prohibition. The Senate vote was 28–3. Sources: enrolled law, boundaries and certified votes and official history.