BILL ANALYSIS

S.B. 3048

By: Birdwell

Intergovernmental Affairs

Committee Report (Unamended)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

The bill sponsor has informed the committee that an area located within the City of Midlothian would benefit from the creation of a management district. S.B. 3048 seeks to provide for the creation of such a district.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.

ANALYSIS

S.B. 3048 amends the Special District Local Laws Code to create the Bluebonnet Hills Municipal Management District No. 1 to provide certain improvements, projects, and services for public use and benefit. The bill provides for, among other provisions, the compensation and reimbursement of expenses for the board of directors, the disbursement and transfer of district money, the addition and exclusion of district land, and the division and dissolution of the district. The district's powers and duties include, subject to certain requirements, the authority to issue obligations and impose property, operation and maintenance, and contract taxes.

S.B. 3048 establishes that all applicable requirements relating to the following have been fulfilled and accomplished with respect to the bill:

· the legal notice of intention to introduce;

· governor action;

· Texas Commission on Environmental Quality recommendations; and

· the state constitution and laws and legislative rules and procedures.

S.B. 3048's provisions authorizing the district to exercise the power of eminent domain as applicable take effect only if the bill receives a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to each house. If the bill does not receive such a vote, the district may not exercise the power of eminent domain.

EFFECTIVE DATE

On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2025.