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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation of the Double M Municipal Utility District of Grayson 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 Double M Municipal Utility District of Grayson 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: "86"
identifier: "HB 4704"
citation: "Texas HB 4704 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DOUBLE M MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT OF GRAYSON COUNTY (D1607)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Municipal Utility Districts (I0009)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility (I0755)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fallon", "Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 47
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-04-01"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87b296fa-44dc-40a4-a3cf-537e5ef20c94"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04700_HB04799/HB 4704.xml"
source_hash: "030ab664c9fcb9093cc4bdd24cef03366030030e5626c48a005ed828d0e86029"
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 4704 (86) — Relating to the creation of the Double M Municipal Utility District of Grayson 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://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB04704I.HTM)
## Sponsors
- Fallon — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-04-01** Filed `filing`
- **2019-04-02** Transmitted to the Governor
- **2019-04-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-03** Referred to Land & Resource Management `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-23** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-23** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-23** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-28** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-28** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-29** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-04-30** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-05-02** Recommendations filed with the Speaker
- **2019-05-03** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-05-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-03** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-05-03** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-03** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-03** Record vote
- **2019-05-03** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-03** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-03** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-06** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-06** Referred to Intergovernmental Relations `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-20** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-20** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-20** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-22** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-22** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-23** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-24** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-14** Filed without the Governor's signature
- **2019-06-14** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/87b296fa-44dc-40a4-a3cf-537e5ef20c94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).