The Texas Legislature, which has been fighting the federal government over issues involving local government control, has taken a “peculiar” position on whether it should keep more power from cities’ hands, Farmersville City Attorney Alan Lathrom told the City Council on Tuesday night.
HB 2127, Lathrom said, “pre-empts a home-rule city from adopting five types of regulations.”
Read the full story in the July 6 edition of The Farmersville Times.
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