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Committee hears sponsor and law‑enforcement witnesses supporting lower population threshold to block petitions removing municipal civil service
Summary
Senate Bill 1331 would lower the population threshold at which petitions to remove municipal services are barred, expanding protections for municipal civil service in smaller cities; law‑enforcement organizations representing officers in San Marcos and elsewhere testified in support.
Senate Bill 1331, introduced as a bill to change the population threshold linked to municipal petition rights, was presented to the Committee on Local Government and received proponent testimony from law‑enforcement associations representing officers in cities that have faced ballot initiatives seeking to remove municipal services.
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