---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 225; 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 Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 225; 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: "88"
identifier: "HB 5306"
citation: "Texas HB 5306 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY", "TEXAS COMMISSION ON (V0334)", "Elections--General (I0310)", "MONTGOMERY COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 225 (DX9N1)", "Property Interests--Eminent Domain (I0615)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Municipal Utility Districts (I0009)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility (I0755)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell, Cecil"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-03-15"
last_action: "2023-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f7a148d-5393-4085-a524-f36afa8cde79"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB05300_HB05399/HB 5306.xml"
source_hash: "667bfbc2fdc806053c7449d720315a72873c19c5810d32c0ca95ba46c0ed8bb4"
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 5306 (88) — Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 225; 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://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB05306I.HTM)
2. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB05306H.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Bell, Cecil — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-15** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-17** Transmitted to the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-24** Referred to Land & Resource Management `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-14** Recommendations filed with the Speaker `filing`
- **2023-04-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-26** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-04-26** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-27** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-27** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-03** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-03** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-04** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-05-06** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-05-09** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-05-09** Companion considered in lieu of
- **2023-05-09** Laid on the table subject to call `deferral`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f7a148d-5393-4085-a524-f36afa8cde79`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).