---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation of the Sandow Municipal Utility District No. 1; 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 Sandow Municipal Utility District No. 1; 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: "SB 2602"
citation: "Texas SB 2602 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SANDOW MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1 (DQ4IK)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Municipal Utility Districts (I0009)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility (I0755)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Schwertner"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 5
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-04-11"
last_action: "2023-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/219b453d-8b68-48c3-9404-0228d488aeef"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02600_SB02699/SB 2602.xml"
source_hash: "cb6d839222765ed2002977ce4f862791711abe40274be3b07e3130af6e2d1ae4"
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 2602 (88) — Relating to the creation of the Sandow Municipal Utility District No. 1; 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/SB02602I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Schwertner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-11** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-04-11** Transmitted to the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-12** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-10** Recommendations filed with the Senate `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/219b453d-8b68-48c3-9404-0228d488aeef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).