SB 3029 Texas Senate · 89th Legislature (2025)

Relating to the powers and duties of the Far North Fort Worth Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Tarrant and Wise Counties; providing authority to establish defined areas and to impose a tax and issue bonds.

SB 3029 allows the Far North Fort Worth Municipal Utility District No. 1 (serving Tarrant and Wise Counties) to establish specific service areas - potentially noncontiguous tracts - and impose local taxes or issue bonds to fund improvements (like water or sewer infrastructure) that primarily benefit those designated areas. It overrides a standard acreage requirement in Texas Water Code, permitting the district to finance projects that directly serve targeted properties rather than the entire district. This bill specifically modifies the district’s authority under existing law, with no impact on other districts or statewide policy. The changes apply only to this single utility district’s operations.
Bill status signed all 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Mar 17, 2025 Signed Mar 18, 2025
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What changed between versions

Introduced Engrossed · 3 edits · May 9, 2025
MINOR
The bill text was reformatted from an introduced draft to an engrossed version, with minor corrections to the district name (Far North Worth to Far North Fort Worth) and removal of extraneous metadata. The substantive legislative content regarding the utility district's powers to establish defined areas, impose taxes, and issue bonds remains unchanged.
TECHNICAL

Corrected the district name from 'Far North Worth' to 'Far North Fort Worth' in the title and body text.

Removed draft metadata, page numbers, and internal bill tracking information that was present in the introduced version.

Added an accessibility notice about digital content updates, which is not part of the actual bill text.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
37
Key actions
8
Committee
9
May 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
May 15, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
lower
May 15, 2025
Committee
Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent
lower
May 12, 2025
Committee
Referred to Land & Resource Management
lower
May 12, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
lower
May 9, 2025
Introduced
Received from the Senate
lower
May 9, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed
upper
Apr 30, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee report printed and distributed
upper
Apr 30, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendments
upper
Apr 29, 2025
Upper · Passed
Vote taken in committee
upper
Apr 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
Left pending in committee
upper
Apr 7, 2025
Committee
Referred to Local Government
upper
Apr 7, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
upper
Mar 18, 2025
Signed into law
Transmitted to the Governor
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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