Friday, June 12, 2015

Local Control in the 84th Legislature

The previous post mentioned that legislation had been introduced - bit not passed - in the recently completed regular session that sought to modify TIRZs. It proposed limiting their terms of office, which would limit their ability to function effectively, and perhaps more importantly, independently of how the state might wish them to.

This was among a handful of bills that sought to limit local governments - many of which passed. No one in 2306 selected to look at this issue, but I think some people still need to select a topic. I recommend looking into this.

The Texas Tribune has a page devoted to this.

- Click here for it.

It's a good start.