By: Anch a	H.B. No. 5282

Statutes affected:
Introduced: ()

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the creation of the Dallas Municipal Management
	District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority
	to impose assessments and fees.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subtitle C, Title 4, Special District Local Laws
	Code, is amended by adding a new Chapter 3925 to read as follows:
	CHAPTER  .  DALLAS MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICT
	SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
	Sec. 3989.0101.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
	(1)  "Board" means the district's board of directors.
	(2)  "City" means the City of Dallas.
	(3)  "Commission" means the Texas Commission on
	Environmental Quality.
	(4)  "County" means Dallas County.
	(5)  "Director" means a board member.
	(6)  "District" means the Dallas Municipal Management
	District.
	Sec. 3989.0102.  NATURE OF DISTRICT. The Dallas Municipal
	Management District is a special district created under Section 59,
	Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
	Sec. 3989.0103.  PURPOSE; DECLARATION OF INTENT. (a) The
	creation of the district is essential to accomplish the purposes of
	Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI,
	Texas Constitution, and other public purposes stated in this
	chapter.
	(b)  By creating the district and in authorizing the city and
	other political subdivisions to contract with the district, the
	legislature has established a program to accomplish the public
	purposes set out in Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution.
	(c)  The creation of the district is necessary to promote,
	develop, encourage, and maintain employment, commerce,
	transportation, housing, tourism, recreation, the arts,
	entertainment, economic development, safety, and the public
	welfare in the district.
	(d)  This chapter and the creation of the district may not be
	interpreted to relieve the county or the city from providing the
	level of services provided as of the effective date of the Act
	enacting this chapter to the area in the district. The district is
	created to supplement and not to supplant county or city services
	provided in the district.
	Sec. 3989.0104.  FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
	(a) All land and other property included in the district will
	benefit from the improvements and services to be provided by the
	district under powers conferred by Sections 52 and 52-a, Article
	III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and other
	powers granted under this chapter.
	(b)  The district is created to serve a public use and
	benefit.
	(c)  The creation of the district is in the public interest
	and is essential to further the public purposes of:
	(1)  developing and diversifying the economy of the
	state;
	(2)  eliminating unemployment and underemployment;
	(3)  developing or expanding transportation and
	commerce;
	(4)  eliminating homelessness and establishing a means
	to address related social, medical, or mental health needs; and
	(5)  preventing dislocation of residents and providing
	affordable housing.
	(d)  The district will:
	(1)  promote the health, safety, and general welfare of
	residents, employers, potential employees, employees, visitors,
	and consumers in the district, and of the public;
	(2)  provide needed funding for the district to
	preserve, maintain, and enhance the economic health and vitality of
	the district territory as a community and business center; and
	(3)  promote the health, safety, welfare, and enjoyment
	of the public by providing pedestrian ways and by landscaping and
	developing certain areas in the district, which are necessary for
	the restoration, preservation, and enhancement of scenic beauty.