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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced today that he has filed a lawsuit against a North Texas Municipal Utility District (MUD) and its board, alleging that they illegally supported the development of the East Plano Islamic Center’s EPIC City.
According to the Attorney General, the board of the Double R MUD held a special meeting in September, where current members of the board resigned and a new board of directors took over.
According to the lawsuit, the new board then approved a petition that added around 400 acres into the district’s boundaries. That acreage happens to be the site of the proposed EPIC City—a development now called “The Meadows.”
Paxton believes this was done in order to avoid the necessary state oversight that would be required for the EPIC City developers to create a new MUD to handle the development’s utilities.
Paxton also alleges that some members of the new board that took over the Double R MUD in the September meeting were not legally eligible to hold their offices.
In a press release regarding the lawsuit, Paxton said: “If EPIC City’s developers or operatives are attempting to illegally take over local governmental structures in North Texas, my office will do everything in our power to stop their scheme.”