Tarrant, and
Collin – and requires them to seek voter approval to reduce the budget of the county law enforcement agencies (i.e., sheriff s departments, constable s offices, etc.). The four largest of those counties are firmly under Democratic control, with the others becoming at least purple, but SB 23 allows any resident who feels law enforcement has been defunded without voter permission to make a complaint that, if sustained, would trigger restrictions to that county s property tax collections. Sen. Joan Huffman on sine die at the 87th Texas Legislature (Photo by Jana Birchum)
HB 1900, introduced by Rep.
Craig Goldman, R-Benbrook, imposes a range of penalties on large cities (those with a population of more than 250,000) whose leaders reduce police spending compared to prior budgets – a comparison looking back two years, so Austin s already-adopted reductions to its police spending are not immune. Defunding municipalities would, until they restored t
Starting Sept. 1, if a city funds its police department at a level lower than it has for the past two fiscal years the state can prohibit the city from collecting new property taxes.
AUSTIN Round one of the 2021 Texas legislative session is done, and it’s one for the history books after it ended abruptly amid chaos as House Democrats.