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This bill establishes the Bluebonnet Hills Municipal Management District No. 1, a special district located in Ellis County near Midlothian, Texas. The district is created to promote economic development, improve infrastructure, and provide supplemental services to the City of Midlothian. The district will be governed by a five-member board of directors who will serve staggered four-year terms and can be compensated up to $7,200 annually. The district has broad powers, including the ability to provide improvements and services, contract with other entities, create a nonprofit corporation, establish economic development programs, and develop parking facilities. The district can impose assessments on property within its boundaries and, with voter approval, can levy an operations and maintenance tax and issue bonds. The district may also exercise eminent domain powers if it receives a two-thirds vote in the legislature. Initially, the district encompasses approximately 448.4 acres of land and includes specific provisions for potential future expansion, division, or dissolution. The district is designed to supplement, not replace, existing city services and must obtain municipal consent before issuing bonds. The bill takes effect immediately if it receives a two-thirds vote in the legislature, or on September 1, 2025, if it does not.