MUD - Municipal Utility District

General MUD Information

Chapter 54 Government Code - MUD

The Texas Water Code Title 4, Chapter 54 covers statutes specific to MUDs.

Rules for all Water Districts

Title 30, Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 293 covers water districts, including MUDs.

Water Districts Map Viewer

Forms, Guides & Rules for Water Districts

Randall County MUDs

• Tierra Blanca Municipal Utility District No 1 - (District ID: 7782645)

• Randall County MUD 1 - (District ID: 7175750)

  • Status: Active

  • Created by: Legislature

Other Panhandle MUDs

• Wheeler County Water Supply District - (District ID:  8531000)

• Gray County MUD1 - (District ID: 3408000)

CITY OF AMARILLO DOCUMENTS

MUD Resolution April 2025

Resolution No. 04-22-25-8 MUD.pdf

Download PDF • 668KB

MUD Presentation Circa May 2025 by Allen Boone Humphries LLP

City of Amarillo MUD Presentation 5-13-2025.pdf

Download PDF • 185KB

Legislation

89R (2025)

• PASSED

  • HB 4370 (Metcalf) - Relating to the projects undertaken by a public improvement district, municipal management district, water control and improvement district, fresh water supply district, or municipal utility district

    • See related blog on 89th Legislative Session

• DIED

  • HB 363 (Bell, Keith) - Relating to the filing with the county clerk of certain counties of a draft of a petition requesting the creation of a municipal utility district.

    • SB 102 by Hall, Identical

  • HB 1862 (Oliverson) - Relating to the funding of, contracting with, and employment for law enforcement agencies in certain counties

    • SB 2679 by Bettencourt, Identical

  • SB 1028 (Blanco) - Relating to the qualifications for serving as a member of the board of directors of certain municipal utility districts.

    • Identical HB 1930 (Gonzales, Mary)

  • HB 477 (Bell, Keith) - Relating to traffic studies before the issuance of certain municipal utility district bonds

  • HB 3381 (Rosenthall) - Relating to prohibiting a person from simultaneously serving as the presiding officer of the board of a property owners' association and as the president of the board of a municipal utility district.

  • HB 3379 (Rosenthall) - Relating to uniform election of municipal utility districts.

  • HB 4404 (Pierson) - Relating to the consideration of the provision of law enforcement, fire protection, and emergency services by a commissioners court or the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality when determining whether to grant or deny a petition for the creation of certain conservation and reclamation districts.

  • SB 1994 by Hall, Identical

  • HB 602 (Swanson | Isaac) - Relating to the qualifications for serving as a member of the board of directors of a municipal utility district.

    • 2731 by Cook, Similar

  • HB 2471 (Simmons) - Relating to security deposits collected by a municipal utility district.

  • SB 933 (Hall) - Relating to the location of meetings of the board of directors of a municipal utility district.

  • HB 2561 (Pierson | Luther | Gates) - Relating to the meeting place of the board of a municipal utility district

88R (2023)

• SB 2154 (Sparks) - Relating to the creation of the West Plains Municipal Management District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

  • Status: Died

• SB 561 (Sparks) - Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to issue debt to purchase or lease tangible personal property.

  • Status: Died

• HB 5355 (Price; Sparks Sponsor) - Relating to the creation of the Prairie View Municipal Management District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

  • Status: Effective 6/11/2023

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• HB 2815 (Jetton) - Relating to the powers, authorities, duties, and responsibilities of certain conservation and reclamation districts and to notice a person who proposes to sell or convey real property located in any of certain conservation and reclamation districts must provide to a prospective purchaser of that property.

  • Status: Effective 6/18/2023

Amarillo Council

Allen Boone Humphries LLP (second in list below)

The chart above represents unique bond council firms used by Texas local governments over the past fiscal year. The size of each bar is determined by summing the total fees paid to each firm. Bond counsel firms that are designated as historically underutilized businesses (HUBs) are coded as such in the chart legend.

For more information about local government bond issue costs, see Appendix D of the Bond Review Board Local Government Annual Report.

Media

Fort Bend Municipal Utility District Reports $8.2 Million in Fraudulent Transfers

by Texas Scorecard by Joseph Trimmer

on 5/5/2025