By: Bell of Montgomery H.B. No. 5681
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the powers of the Westwood Magnolia Parkway Improvement
  District.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 29, Chapter 323, Acts of the 78th
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, is amended by amending
  Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
  follows:
         (a)  The district and a local government as defined by
  Chapter 791, Government Code, may enter into an interlocal
  agreement to:
               (1)  accomplish an improvement project; [or]
               (2)  provide for a facility, service, or equipment from
  the district for the benefit of the local government; or
               (3)  provide for the administration and operation of a
  county assistance district:
                     (A)  that is located in a county in which any part
  of the district is located; and
                     (B)  for which the commissioners court of the
  county serves as the governing body under Section 387.005, Local
  Government Code.
         (a-1)  The district may be considered a municipality under
  Chapter 387, Local Government Code, for the purposes of Subsection
  (a)(3).
         (b)  Payment for an improvement project, facility, service,
  or equipment agreed to under Subsection (a)(1) or (2) [this
  section] may be made or pledged by a local government to the
  district out of any money the local government collects under
  Chapter 351, Tax Code, or out of any other available money.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.