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Mansfield council adopts legislative priorities, pushes back on state bills that would curb local control and debt tools
Summary
Mansfield City Council voted 4–0 on April 2 to adopt legislative priorities for the 89th Texas Legislature that oppose measures the city says would preempt local zoning, restrict financing tools and limit use of local revenues, while supporting bills to protect municipal authority and public-safety funding.
The Mansfield City Council on April 2 approved a slate of legislative priorities aimed at preserving local control over zoning, revenues and debt-financing tools while signaling opposition to several Texas bills the city says would preempt municipal authority.
City staff presented a draft of the priorities and walked the council through a list of bills staff is tracking this session. "As early as 2022, the state of Texas was short 320,000 housing units," Mr. Scholinski, a city staff member, told the council while framing why a cluster of housing and density bills is moving at the Capitol. Staff said the city is actively tracking roughly 622 of the 8,608 bills filed this session.
Vanessa Ramirez, who presented the draft priorities, said the documents pair affirmative positions the city supports (for example, preserving local ordinances and protecting municipal…
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