---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation of the Martindale Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Caldwell County, Texas; 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 Martindale Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Caldwell County, Texas; 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 5388"
citation: "Texas HB 5388 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MARTINDALE MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1 OF CALDWELL COUNTY (D36XZ)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Municipal Utility Districts (I0009)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility (I0755)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gerdes"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 6
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-04-19"
last_action: "2023-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8fa78227-38d9-4f5b-aafd-2d25d1491b4b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB05300_HB05399/HB 5388.xml"
source_hash: "9e38a4a6b2768725671f2a8ded135073951edcf5a3f8aeb32fc4272b28465073"
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 5388 (88) — Relating to the creation of the Martindale Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Caldwell County, Texas; 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/HB05388I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Gerdes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-19** Filed `filing`
- **2023-04-19** Transmitted to the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-20** Referred to Land & Resource Management `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** Withdrawn from schedule `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-23** 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/8fa78227-38d9-4f5b-aafd-2d25d1491b4b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).