Texas lawmakers could target local control in 2017 if cities impede liberties
FORT WORTH -- Some Texas lawmakers are tired of city leaders taking the law into their own hands to create rules governing everything from the use of plastic bags to Uber.
The problem, many say, is that those rules create a patchwork of laws across the state — different cities have different rules governing the same things.
“Obviously we are going to work together toward good solutions,” state Sen. Konni Burton, R-Colleyville, told a crowd of around 200 gathered Tuesday for the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce’s Leaders in Government Series at the Cendera Center. “But some cities are doing things where the state {needs to} step in.
“We represent people, not necessarily institutions or cities,” she said. “A city doesn’t have unilateral rights to do what it wants. … If a city is doing what Austin did with Uber, … you are going to see legislators step up.”
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