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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 236; 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 Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 236; 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: "SB 2596"
citation: "Texas SB 2596 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MONTGOMERY COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 236 (DR59F)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Municipal Utility Districts (I0009)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility (I0755)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Creighton"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-04-05"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f7c0fcb-9341-46c5-b67d-17ebc0cdb5ec"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02500_SB02599/SB 2596.xml"
source_hash: "f0a82b1fc19a110725b149dca9f2bf8ea329553f9f2f9586cef4d7b569802482"
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 2596 (88) — Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 236; 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/SB02596I.HTM)
2. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02596S.HTM)
## Sponsors
- Creighton — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-04-05** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-04-06** Transmitted to the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-11** 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
- **2023-04-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-27** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-28** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-28** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-01** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-03** Recommendations filed with the Senate `filing`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1f7c0fcb-9341-46c5-b67d-17ebc0cdb5ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).