---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation of the Rose City Municipal Utility District; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments and fees."
description: "Relating to the creation of the Rose City Municipal Utility District; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments and fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 4749"
citation: "Texas HB 4749 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ROSE CITY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT (D1369)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Municipal Utility Districts (I0009)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility (I0755)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hughes", "Schaefer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 74
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-04-18"
last_action: "2019-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a7ac685-c0cb-42ba-8021-216058a54c43"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04700_HB04799/HB 4749.xml"
source_hash: "905cf230084ee8c2dfe09ae6b2541961874dfa1787e698d318c259cbb068044a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
---

# Texas HB 4749 (86) — Relating to the creation of the Rose City Municipal Utility District; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments and fees.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB04749I.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **75–62** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hughes — primary (person)
- Schaefer — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-04-18** Filed `filing`
- **2019-04-18** Transmitted to the Governor
- **2019-04-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-18** Referred to Land & Resource Management `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-25** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-25** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-30** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-30** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-03** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-04** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-05** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-05-07** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-05-10** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-05-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-10** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-05-10** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-10** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-10** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-13** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-14** Referred to Intergovernmental Relations `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-20** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-20** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-20** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-21** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-21** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-21** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-21** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-21** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-21** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-21** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-21** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-22** Recommendations filed with the Speaker
- **2019-05-23** Motion to concur in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-23** Motion to refuse to concur in Senate amdts.
- **2019-05-23** Point of order withdrawn
- **2019-05-23** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
- **2019-05-23** House requests conference committee
- **2019-05-23** House appoints conferees
- **2019-05-23** House refuses to concur-reported
- **2019-05-23** House requests conference committee-reported
- **2019-05-23** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2019-05-23** Senate grants request for conference comm.
- **2019-05-23** Senate appoints conferees
- **2019-05-23** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2019-05-23** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2019-05-24** Conference committee report filed
- **2019-05-24** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2019-05-25** House adopts conference committee report
- **2019-05-25** Record vote
- **2019-05-25** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2019-05-25** Senate adopts conference committee report
- **2019-05-25** Record vote
- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2019-05-26** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-15** See remarks for effective date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a7ac685-c0cb-42ba-8021-216058a54c43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).