Rep. Spitzer files bill to assist local communities with child safety

We enjoy the rural lifestyle or we would live in the cities. Unfortunately there is a difference in the lawmaking  abilities betweenthe larger cities and the rural ones. Home rule cities  by definition are larger than 5000 people and have broad ability to make laws that their citizens want. General law cities are less than 5000 people and do not have the right to make ordinances that are not granted by the State of Texas through the Legislature. House Bill 384 has been filed by RepresentativeStuart Spitzer to  elp smaller cities have the same ability to govern convicted sex offenders that the Home Rule cities have.

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