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Waco officials monitoring more than 2,100 bills that affect cities as Texas Legislature advances
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Chief of staff Ashley Notcher told the Waco City Council that 6,635 bills were filed this session and more than 2,100 have potential impacts for cities; she highlighted priority topics including property tax, water infrastructure, housing and potential changes to municipal authority over zoning and annexation.
Ashley Notcher, chief of staff to the city manager, briefed the Waco City Council at its April 1 work session on the mid‑session status of the Texas Legislature and federal appropriation planning affecting the city.
Notcher said the bill‑filing deadline has passed and that lawmakers filed roughly 6,635 bills; of those, she said, more than 2,100 contain provisions that affect cities. “As we progress through April and May, we will see many of those bills start to drop off as the ones that are not moving,” she said, noting a May 12 committee reporting deadline and a scheduled sine die target in early June.
She highlighted state priorities with direct implications for Waco — property tax relief, water investments, education savings accounts,…
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