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State of Texas 87th Legislature Adjourns, For Now

The Texas Legislature adjourned on Monday, May 31, with a guarantee of at least one special legislative session happening later this year. During the 87^th session, legislators passed the state budget, the only bill that must pass, as well as preserved sta...

Update: House Bill 652 Passes Texas House, Moves to Texas Senate

House Bill 652 passed the Texas House Monday, May 3, with an amendment. This legislation would require public-sector animal shelters to provide notices of disease in the shelter to individuals who adopt animals. The City of Irving has opposed thi...

Police Spending Bills Could Reduce Other City Services

The Texas Legislature is considering several bills introduced by several different senators and representatives requiring cities to maintain spending levels for their police departments regardless of local issues and a city’s needs. The proposed...

Update: Texas Legislation Could End Local Apartment Inspection Program

The House Committee on Urban Affairs heard testimony March 31 on HB 754, which would reduce by 90 percent the revenue available to the City of Irving for its apartment inspection program.

Interested parties can watch the archived hearing video. The HB 754 ...

Update: House Bill 754 - Texas Legislation Could End Local Apartment Inspection Program

The House Committee on Urban Affairs scheduled a hearing on HB 754 on Wednesday, March 31. The legislation, if approved, would force cities to reduce their inspection fees charged to multifamily complex owners. Irving collects the fees to fund its apartme...

Update: House Bill 749 - Legislation Proposed to Silence Community Input During Legislative Sessions

The Texas House Committee on State Affairs has posted HB 749 - Relating to a prohibition on local government to hire outside consultants to communicate with the legislature – for a public hearing 8 a.m. Thursday, March 25 in Room E1.004 of the S...

Legislation Proposed to Silence Community Input During Legislative Sessions

Legislators in both chambers of the Texas Legislature have refiled bills from last session that would prohibit local governments and school districts from advocating for community interests, from hiring consultants to represent them when local officials a...

Texas Legislation Could End Local Apartment Inspection Program

Since the 1980s, the City of Irving has operated a program to inspect all apartment complexes in the city, regardless of age, to ensure the safety of residents, visitors, employees and neighbors of multifamily properties.

Code enforcement also inspects pro...