republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/88/hb-1699.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the authority of the Evergreen Underground Water Conservation District to impose certain fees."
description: "Relating to the authority of the Evergreen Underground Water Conservation District to impose certain fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 1699"
citation: "Texas HB 1699 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EVERGREEN UNDERGROUND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT (DD3TZ)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Groundwater Conserve Dist. (I0013)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility (I0755)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Flores", "King, Tracy O."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 59
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2023-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39b117aa-760c-4d15-b984-d62202c70caf"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01600_HB01699/HB 1699.xml"
source_hash: "d9db9e09a1d6f64ae38b7965ac1b3ae427cb20bd08dd212370b3eeb9c34faf6d"
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 1699 (88) — Relating to the authority of the Evergreen Underground Water Conservation District to impose certain fees.

## 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/HB01699I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01699E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01699H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01699S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01699F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **131–8** (pass) · lower
- passage — **118–26** (pass) · lower
- passage — **26–5** (pass) · upper
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSHB 1699 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **26–5** (pass) · upper
- passage — **124–18** (pass) · lower
- passage — **131–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Flores — primary (person)
- King, Tracy O. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-26** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-07** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-21** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-03-21** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-21** Left pending in committee
- **2023-03-23** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-03-23** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-03-23** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-03** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-04** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-04-05** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-04-10** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-04-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-10** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-04-10** Record vote
- **2023-04-10** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-11** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-11** Record vote
- **2023-04-11** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-11** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-11** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-12** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-04-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-27** Left pending in committee
- **2023-05-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-12** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-15** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-15** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-15** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-17** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-17** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-05-17** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-17** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-17** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-17** Record vote
- **2023-05-18** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-18** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2023-05-18** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2023-05-19** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2023-05-19** Record vote
- **2023-05-19** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-19** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2023-05-19** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2023-05-20** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-22** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-23** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-09** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
- **2023-06-09** Effective immediately `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/39b117aa-760c-4d15-b984-d62202c70caf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).