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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation of the Knob Creek Municipal Utility District of Bell County; 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 Knob Creek Municipal Utility District of Bell County; 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 5408"
citation: "Texas HB 5408 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["KNOB CREEK MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT OF BELL COUNTY (D98ME)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Municipal Utility Districts (I0009)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility (I0755)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-04-24"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0621a1a5-c52f-4081-a411-db422dd2c96a"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB05400_HB05499/HB 5408.xml"
source_hash: "e24238e04e1dd3a38acd50b2be7ef664d4431fb4a8c6bff16ed1a50a9d8ed38d"
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 5408 (88) — Relating to the creation of the Knob Creek Municipal Utility District of Bell County; 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/HB05408I.HTM)
## Sponsors
- Buckley — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-04-24** Filed `filing`
- **2023-04-24** Transmitted to the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-25** Referred to Land & Resource Management `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-03** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-05-03** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-03** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0621a1a5-c52f-4081-a411-db422dd2c96a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).