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County staff warn draft state bill could obligate large counties to run homelessness services without funding
Summary
Deputy County Administrator Russell Schoepner told commissioners that a draft bill could require counties meeting a population threshold to coordinate homelessness services — a change likely to impose multimillion‑dollar costs without accompanying state funding — and staff will monitor the bills and propose a local legislative strategy.
Collin County staff briefed Commissioners Court on proposed state legislation that could require counties above a specified population threshold to coordinate comprehensive homeless services, potentially imposing substantial new costs on counties if the drafts remain unfunded.
Russell Schoepner, deputy county administrator, told the court the county's current estimated population for the decade is 1,064,465. Schoepner said drafts circulating would apply a new county responsibility threshold at 1.3 million residents; Collin County is below that…
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