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City attorney briefs Dallas committee on home rule limits and 2023 Regulatory Consistency Act
Summary
The city attorney's office explained home-rule authority for Texas cities, the charter review timeline and implications of the 2023 Texas Regulatory Consistency Act (referred to in the briefing as HB 2,127); staff said Dallas is among cities challenging aspects of the law and will supply litigation status to the committee.
The City of Dallas’ city attorney briefing to the Committee on Government Efficiency on Dec. 8 outlined the scope of home-rule authority and recent state-level changes that restrict local regulation in specified fields.
Laura Morrison, deputy chief of the municipal regulatory section in the city attorney’s office, said home-rule cities exercise broad local powers under the Texas Constitution and the Texas Local Government Code but remain subject to preemption where state law applies. She told the committee that a city must…
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