HB 5668: bill letting a Fort Worth MUD tax special areas

Caption

relating to the powers and duties of the Far North Fort Worth Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Tarrant and Wise Counties; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.

Caption from analyzed text · version E.

Summary

Small or not connected to each other, they can still get bonds.

The bill lets the Far North Fort Worth Municipal Utility District No. 1 carve out special areas or specific properties and tax them and sell bonds against them, even when those areas are small or not connected to each other. It touches landowners and future buyers inside the district in Tarrant and Wise Counties, whose land can be put into a separately taxed area. On the ground, the district can take on new bond debt paid by taxes on chosen pieces of land, skipping the normal state minimum-acreage rule and the usual need for the land to be connected.

Labels

Labels: NO AUTOGRAPH. Became law without the governor's signature on Jun 20, 2025.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB5668 · 2025-04-09

SOLD BY

Rep. David SpillerRHouse 68

ITEM

relating to the powers and duties of the Far North Fort Worth Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Tarrant and Wise Counties; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.

WHAT IT DOES

Small or not connected to each other, they can still get bonds.

The bill lets the Far North Fort Worth Municipal Utility District No. 1 carve out special areas or specific properties and tax them and sell bonds against them, even when those areas are small or not connected to each other. It touches landowners and future buyers inside the district in Tarrant and Wise Counties, whose land can be put into a separately taxed area. On the ground, the district can take on new bond debt paid by taxes on chosen pieces of land, skipping the normal state minimum-acreage rule and the usual need for the land to be connected.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version E · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version E · May 17, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

HISTORY

Apr 9, 2025Filed
Apr 14, 2025Read first time
Apr 14, 2025Referred to Land & Resource Management
Apr 16, 2025Transmitted to the Governor
May 1, 2025Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
May 1, 2025Considered in public hearing
May 1, 2025Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
May 1, 2025Left pending in committee
May 2, 2025Considered in formal meeting
May 2, 2025Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent
May 2, 2025Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
May 6, 2025Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
May 6, 2025Committee report distributed
May 7, 2025Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
May 8, 2025Recommendations filed with the Speaker
May 8, 2025Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
May 10, 2025Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
May 10, 2025Read 2nd time
May 10, 2025Passed to engrossment
May 10, 2025Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
May 10, 2025Read 3rd time
May 10, 2025Passed
May 10, 2025Record vote RV#1985
May 10, 2025Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
May 10, 2025Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
May 10, 2025Reported engrossed
May 12, 2025Received from the House
May 15, 2025Read first time
May 15, 2025Referred to Local Government
May 19, 2025Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
May 19, 2025Considered in public hearing
May 19, 2025Vote taken in committee
May 20, 2025Reported favorably w/o amendments
May 20, 2025Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
May 20, 2025Committee report printed and distributed
May 22, 2025Placed on intent calendar
May 22, 2025Rules suspended-Regular order of business
May 22, 2025Record vote
May 22, 2025Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
May 22, 2025Record vote
May 22, 2025Three day rule suspended
May 22, 2025Record vote
May 22, 2025Read 3rd time
May 22, 2025Passed
May 22, 2025Record vote
May 22, 2025Senate passage reported
May 23, 2025Reported enrolled
May 24, 2025Signed in the House
May 25, 2025Signed in the Senate
May 26, 2025Sent to the Governor
Jun 20, 2025Filed without the Governor's signature
Jun 20, 2025Effective on 9/1/25

FILED UNDER

DEBT AND SPECIAL DISTRICTS

THE TEXT

…“issue bonds in the defined area or designated property as provided”…

Bill text, engrossed version (E)

The bill gives one municipal utility district new room to sell bonds and tax small or scattered pieces of land, skipping the state acreage minimum.

SIGNED FOR BY

House · 82 yea · 46 nay

Senate · 27 yea · 4 nay

Sources

House: Final passage · May 10, 2025. Journal. Published stock for this vote. Snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Senate: Final passage · May 22, 2025. Journal. Published stock for this vote. Snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

All floor motions and other positions below.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

David Spiller

Donors

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$40KMax Poynor$10,000Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee$10K

Not tied to this bill.

Sources

The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.

Derived itemized flow · Oct 28, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$40,000.00

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$40,000.00

Cash: $40,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $40,000.00

Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jun 24, 2025 to Oct 18, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101009978, 101031338, 101071836.

Max Poynor$10,000.00

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee$10,000.00

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee

$10,000.00

Cash: $10,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $10,000.00

Also funds 140 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 2, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 12, 2024 to Jun 30, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100987103, 101057871.

Money

Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.

×

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$40,000.00

Cash: $40,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $40,000.00

Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jun 24, 2025 to Oct 18, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101009978, 101031338, 101071836.

×

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee

$10,000.00

Cash: $10,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $10,000.00

Also funds 140 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 2, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 12, 2024 to Jun 30, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100987103, 101057871.

Votes5

Senate May 22, 2025

Yea: 27
Nay: 4
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: 0
Excused: 0

Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

Senate journal

Sources

The bill was read third time and was passed by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays 4. (Same as previous roll call)

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 27 (published)
Nay: 4 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: 0 (derived from named list)
Excused: 0 (derived from named list)

Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Senate May 22, 2025

Yea: 27
Nay: 4
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: 0
Excused: 0

Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

Senate journal

Sources

Senator Parker moved that Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 5668 be placed on its third reading and final passage. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays 4.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 27 (published)
Nay: 4 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: 0 (derived from named list)
Excused: 0 (derived from named list)

Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Senate May 22, 2025

Yea: 27
Nay: 4
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: 0
Excused: 0

Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

Senate journal

Sources

The bill was read second time and was passed to third reading by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays 4. (Same as previous roll call)

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 27 (published)
Nay: 4 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: 0 (derived from named list)
Excused: 0 (derived from named list)

Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Senate May 22, 2025

Yea: 27
Nay: 4
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: 0
Excused: 0

Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

Senate journal

Sources

Senator Parker moved to suspend the regular order of business to take up for consideration HB 5668 at this time on its second reading: HB 5668, Relating to the powers and duties of the Far North Fort Worth Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Tarrant and Wise Counties; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays 4.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 27 (published)
Nay: 4 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: 0 (derived from named list)
Excused: 0 (derived from named list)

Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

House May 10, 2025

Yea: 82
Nay: 46
Present, not voting: 2
Absent: 7
Excused: 11

Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

House journal

The shared roll contains conflicting member evidence. Those positions remain conflicting.

Holt is listed as excused in the shared roll and nay in this bill's list. That position remains conflicting.

Troxclair is listed as excused in the shared roll and nay in this bill's list. That position remains conflicting.

Sources

Record 1985

HB 5668 (Alders, Ashby, Barry, Bonnen, Buckley, Bumgarner, Cain, Capriglione, Cunningham, Dean, DeAyala, Harrison, Hayes, Hickland, Holt, Hopper, Hull, Isaac, LaHood, Lambert, Leach, Leo Wilson, Little, Lowe, Luther, McQueeney, Metcalf, Money, Noble, Olcott, Oliverson, Orr, Patterson, Pierson, Richardson, Schatzline, Schoolcraft, Shofner, Slawson, Swanson, Tinderholt, Toth, Troxclair, Vasut, Villalobos, Virdell, Wharton, and Wilson - no) (82 - 46 - 2) (Cunningham, Hull, Leach, Metcalf, Orr, and Oliverson requested to be recorded voting yes after the deadline established by Rule 5, Section 52, of the House Rules.)

Shared roll motion

The following bills which were considered on second reading on the previous legislative day on the local, consent, and resolutions calendar were laid before the house, read third time, and passed by the following record vote (members registering votes and the results of the vote are shown following the bill number). (Record 1985): 128 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 82 (published)
Nay: 46 (published)
Present, not voting: 2 (published)
Absent: 7 (derived from named list)
Excused: 11 (derived from named list)

House journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Witnesses2

For: 2
Against: 0
On: 0

Names

For

Coats Rose PC1 registration
Lackland Holdings1 registration

Sources

2 parsed registrations across the loaded witness lists.

Derived stock of witness registrations. Repeated appearances count separately. Organizations and self-representation appear as printed.

House witness list. Source snapshot 2026-10-20, Central time.

Fiscal

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version E · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version E · May 17, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

How this was graded

Analysis of text version E by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 22, 2026, against the published rubric.

Sources

Texas House · Filed Apr 9, 2025

06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced · House Committee Report · Engrossed · Senate Committee Report · Enrolled

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

Companion

SB 3029 by Parker (very similar)

Subjects

FAR NORTH FORT WORTH MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1 OF TARRANT AND WISE COUNTIES (DT7QX)

TARRANT COUNTY

WISE COUNTY

Special Districts & Authorities--Municipal Utility Districts

Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility

Text

The text as introduced · 411 words

89R12397 SCF-F

By: Spiller
H.B. No. 5668

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the powers and duties of the Far North Fort Worth

Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Tarrant and Wise Counties;

providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 8011, Special District

Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 8011.055 to read as

follows:

Sec. 8011.055. AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH DEFINED AREAS OR

DESIGNATED PROPERTY. Notwithstanding the acreage requirement

under Section 54.801(a), Water Code, the district may define areas

or designate certain property of the district and impose taxes and

issue bonds in the defined area or designated property as provided

by Subchapter J, Chapter 54, Water Code, to pay for improvements,

facilities, or services that primarily benefit that area or

property and do not generally and directly benefit the district as a

whole. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a defined area

may include a noncontiguous tract.

SECTION 2. The Far North Fort Worth Municipal Utility

District No. 1 of Tarrant and Wise Counties retains all rights,

powers, privileges, authority, duties, and functions that it had

before the effective date of this Act.

SECTION 3. (a) The legal notice of the intention to

introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this

Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a

copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,

officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished

under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,

Government Code.

(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has

submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on

Environmental Quality.

(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed

its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the

lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of

representatives within the required time.

(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this

state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect

to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled

and accomplished.

SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives

a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as

provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this

Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this

Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

Verdict: No flags

The receipt

SOLD BY

ITEM

WHAT IT DOES

CHARGES

TOTAL

HISTORY

SIGNED FOR BY

Donors

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee

Senate May 22, 2025

Senate May 22, 2025

Senate May 22, 2025

Senate May 22, 2025

House May 10, 2025

For

Companion