TX HB5683

Creates the Cedar Springs Improvement District as a special district in Dallas County, Texas, within the area bounded by Lemmon Avenue, Oak Lawn Avenue, Maple Avenue, and Inwood Road

Establishes a seven-member elected board of directors serving staggered four-year terms, with initial directors' terms expiring in June 2027 (positions 1-4) and June 2029 (positions 5-7)

Authorizes the district to impose assessments, operation and maintenance taxes (with voter approval), and issue bonds to fund improvement projects including pedestrian ways, street improvements, parking facilities, landscaping, and economic development programs

Grants the district authority to contract for law enforcement services, join charitable organizations, make loans and grants for economic development, and provide services supplementing (not replacing) existing City of Dallas and Dallas County services

Prohibits the district from exercising eminent domain power and requires municipal consent before issuing the first ad valorem tax-backed bonds; allows dissolution by petition of two-thirds of property owners or by majority board vote if no outstanding obligations exist