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Lobbyist summarizes 89th Texas legislative session and flags future special session items
Summary
A legislative consultant told Brownsville commissioners the 89th Texas Legislature produced a record number of bill filings with a relatively low passage rate and highlighted major policy areas that could affect cities, including property-tax actions, land-use preemption and large water-infrastructure funding.
Snapper Carr, partner and general counsel at Focused Advocacy in Austin, briefed the Brownsville City Commission on the 89th Texas legislative session and its implications for local government.
Carr said the session produced a record 9,014 bill filings; roughly one-third of those (about 2,600) touched city operations. He told commissioners 1,213 bills ultimately passed and that many of the bills of consequence to cities either failed or were heavily bracketed. Areas he said the city should track include…
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