---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the board of directors, operations, and territory of the Palo Pinto County Municipal Water District No. 1."
description: "Relating to the board of directors, operations, and territory of the Palo Pinto County Municipal Water District No. 1."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 5700"
citation: "Texas HB 5700 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PALO PINTO COUNTY (GK3EN)", "PALO PINTO COUNTY MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT NO. 1 (DH7P1)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Municipal Utility Districts (I0009)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility (I0755)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Olcott"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 5
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-05-05"
last_action: "2025-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7abca25-4556-48ba-b688-a629fd30788d"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB05700_HB05799/HB 5700.xml"
source_hash: "b5faa8e4e1be8849ea0957f448f2e5d9ca6486eedaea5cb76effde5be9c0e971"
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 5700 (89R) — Relating to the board of directors, operations, and territory of the Palo Pinto County Municipal Water District No. 1.

## 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/89R/billtext/html/HB05700I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Olcott — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-05** Filed `filing`
- **2025-05-06** Transmitted to the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-06** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-21** Recommendations filed with the Speaker `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a7abca25-4556-48ba-b688-a629fd30788d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).