---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation of the Caldwell County Municipal Utility District No. 2; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes."
description: "Relating to the creation of the Caldwell County Municipal Utility District No. 2; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 871"
citation: "Texas SB 871 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CALDWELL COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 2 (D1632)", "CLEAR FORK RANCH MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT (D1509)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Municipal Utility Districts (I0009)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility (I0755)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cyrier", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 48
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-19"
last_action: "2019-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb4e3426-d05a-4cdb-8f28-31e322451309"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00800_SB00899/SB 871.xml"
source_hash: "eead78fc177c3094f235fac9e451e1f750cd74e76807816bef8a3b57f3ee146d"
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 SB 871 (86) — Relating to the creation of the Caldwell County Municipal Utility District No. 2; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

## 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/SB00871I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Cyrier — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-19** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-02-19** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-19** Transmitted to the Governor
- **2019-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Intergovernmental Relations `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-22** Recommendations filed with the Senate
- **2019-04-16** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-16** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-23** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-23** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-23** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-01** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-03** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-02** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-02** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-02** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-05-02** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-02** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-02** Record vote
- **2019-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-02** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Record vote
- **2019-05-02** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-02** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-05-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-06** Referred to Land & Resource Management `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-07** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-08** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-08** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-09** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-05-10** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2019-05-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-10** Passed to 3rd reading
- **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
- **2019-05-13** House passage reported
- **2019-05-13** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-14** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-14** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-22** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-22** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb4e3426-d05a-4cdb-8f28-31e322451309`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).