BIG CITIES IN A BIGGER STATE: A REVIEW OF HOME RULE IN TEXAS AND THE CITIES THAT PUSH THE BOUNDARIES OF LOCAL CONTROL TEXAS, 0 TEXAS! YOUR FREEBORN SINGLE STAR, SENDS OUT ITS RADIANCE TO NATIONS NEAR AND FAR, EMBLEM OF FREEDOM!IT SET OUR HEARTS AGLOW, WITH THOUGHTS OF SAN JACINTO AND GLORIOUS ALAMO. I. II.
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INTRODUCTION TO LOCAL CONTROL AND HOME RULE ................ 312 LOCAL CONTROL iN THEORY AND PRACTICE ................................ 313
314 316 317 M UNICIPALITIES IN ACTION ........................................................... 318 318 A. Fracking- Denton .................................................................. 320 ...................... B. Single Use Plastic Bag Ban-Austin 322 ..................... Plano C. Equal Rights Ordinances-Houstonand 325 ...................................... STATE OF REACTION 326 A . H ouse B ill 40 ......................................................................... 327 B . H ouse B ill 2416 ...................................................................... 329 ..................................... 1556 C. House Bill 1911 and House Bill
A. History of Local Control in Texas .......................................... B . Hom e R ule ............................................................................... C. Preemp tion .............................................................................. III.
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STATE CONSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS .............................................. 331
331 334 336 338 .............................................................. POLICY CONSIDERATIONS 338 ............................................ Implications A. Immediate Political 340 ....................................... Policy Public on B. Long Term Effects C ON CLU SION .................................................................................. 344
A . House Bill 40 .......................................................................... B . House B ill 2416 ...................................................................... C. House Bill 1911 and House Bill 1556..................................... VI.
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William J. Marsh & Gladys Yoakum Wright, Texas State Song, TEX. STATE LIBRARY 1. & ARCHIVES COMMISSION, https://www.tsl.texas.gov/ref/abouttx/statesong.html (last updated Apr. 11, 2015).