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TX SB3048

Bill

Status

Passed

6/20/2025

Primary Sponsor

Brian Birdwell

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Origin

Senate

89th Legislature Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Creates the Bluebonnet Hills Municipal Management District No. 1 as a special district in Ellis County, Texas, located within or near the City of Midlothian, encompassing approximately 448 acres across two tracts

  • Establishes a five-member elected board of directors serving staggered four-year terms, with compensation capped at $150 per meeting and $7,200 annually per director

  • Grants the district authority to impose assessments, fees, and ad valorem taxes (with voter approval), and to issue bonds for infrastructure improvements including water, wastewater, drainage, roads, parking facilities, and recreational facilities

  • Authorizes limited eminent domain power (contingent on two-thirds legislative vote), economic development programs, and the ability to contract for law enforcement services and create nonprofit corporations to implement projects

  • Requires municipal consent before issuing bonds backed by ad valorem taxes, and allows dissolution by petition of property owners holding two-thirds of assessed value or by majority board vote when no outstanding debt exists

Legislative Description

Relating to the creation of the Bluebonnet Hills Municipal Management District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Special Districts & Authorities

Last Action

See remarks for effective date

6/20/2025

Committee Referrals

Intergovernmental Affairs5/16/2025
Local Government4/22/2025

Full Bill Text

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