---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation of the Travis County Municipal Utility District No. 27; 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 Travis County Municipal Utility District No. 27; 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: "881"
identifier: "SB 21"
citation: "Texas SB 21 (881)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Special Districts & Authorities--Municipal Utility Districts (I0009)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility (I0755)", "TRAVIS COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 27 (DN1U5)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Zaffirini"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 3
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-06-19"
last_action: "2023-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82643c6d-0364-4821-8bfc-7aafd5ff929e"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/881/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 21.xml"
source_hash: "624854944a93f7c94574636c569adbfcdf264887e12f38e7a0c177930ee658be"
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 21 (881) — Relating to the creation of the Travis County Municipal Utility District No. 27; 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/881/billtext/html/SB00021I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-19** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-06-19** Filed `filing`
- **2023-06-20** Transmitted to the Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/82643c6d-0364-4821-8bfc-7aafd5ff929e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).