2019
DECEMBER 20, 2019, NUMBER 48
TML Legislative Update Number 48 (PDF)
DECEMBER 13, 2019, NUMBER 47
TML Legislative Update Number 47 (PDF)
DECEMBER 6, 2019, NUMBER 46
TML Legislative Update Number 46 (PDF)
NOVEMBER 27, 2019, NUMBER 45
TML Legislative Update Number 45 (PDF)
NOVEMBER 22, 2019, NUMBER 44
TML Legislative Update Number 44 (PDF)
NOVEMBER 15, 2019, NUMBER 43
TML Legislative Update Number 43 (PDF)
NOVEMBER 8, 2019, NUMBER 42
TML Legislative Update Number 42 (PDF)
- TML Legislative Update 42
November 1, 2019
TML Legislative Update Number 41 (PDF)
OCTOBER 25, 2019
TML Legislative Update Number 40 (PDF)
OCTOBER 18, 2019
TML Legislative Update Number 39 (PDF)
OCTOBER 4, 2019
TML Legislative Update Number 38 (PDF)
SEPTEMBER 27, 2019
TML Legislative Update Number 37 (PDF)
SEPTEMBER 20, 2019
TML Legislative Update Number 36 (PDF)
SEPTEMBER 13, 2019
TML Legislative Update Number 35 (PDF)
SEPTEMBER 6, 2019
TML Legislative Update Number 34 (PDF)
- TML Legislative Update 34
- Don't Forget: Who Will Represent Your City at the TML Business Meeting at the 2019 TML Annual Conference and Exhibition?!
- State Leaders Respond to Mass Shootings
- Cities That Receive Bingo Prize Fees: Action Required to Continue Receiving Fees
- Post Session Update: Are You a Temporary Custodian of City Records?
- Small Cell Lawsuit Amended: Adds Video/Phone Franchise Bill
- Post Session Update: Personal Liability of City Councilmembers
- Don't Forget: Who Will Represent Your City at the TML Business Meeting at the 2019 TML Annual Conference and Exhibition?!
AUGUST 30, 2019, NUMBER 33
TML Legislative Update Number 33 (PDF)
AUGUST 23, 2019, NUMBER 32
TML Legislative Update Number 32 (PDF)
AUGUST 16, 2019, NUMBER 31
TML Legislative Update Number 31 (PDF)
- TML Legislative Update 31
- Act Now: Who Will Represent Your City at the TML Business Meeting at the 2019 TML Annual Conference and Exhibition?!
- Paid Sick Leave Ordinances
- Post Session Update: Procurement Handbook
- Post Session Update: Cities and Firearms
- FCC Issues Cable Franchise Order: Another Budget Hit for Some Cities
- Payday Lending Clearinghouse Updates
- Resolutions for the 2019 TML Annual Conference
- Act Now: Who Will Represent Your City at the TML Business Meeting at the 2019 TML Annual Conference and Exhibition?!
JULY 26, 2019, NUMBER 30
TML Legislative Update Number 30 (PDF)
- TML Legislative Update 30
- Act Now: Who Will Represent Your City at the TML Business Meeting at the 2019 TML Annual Conference and Exhibition?!
- Post Session Update: Building Materials
- Post Session Update: H.B. 3167 Development Application
- Post Session Update: Reduced Energy Consumption
- More on Cybersecurity Training: Does Your City Provide In-House Training?
- Resolutions for the 2019 TML Annual Conference
- Act Now: Who Will Represent Your City at the TML Business Meeting at the 2019 TML Annual Conference and Exhibition?!
JULY 19, 2019, NUMBER 29
TML Legislative Update Number 29 (PDF)
JULY 12, 2019, NUMBER 28
TML Legislative Update Number 28 (PDF)
- TML Legislative Update 28
- The League's Legislative Policy Development Process
- Act Now: Who Will Represent Your City at the TML Business Meeting at the 2019 TML Annual Conference and Exhibition?!
- Resolutions for the 2019 TML Annual Conference
- Post Session Update: Proposed Budget Lobby Expenditure Reporting
- Post Session Update: City Maps
- Post Session Update: Flood Mitigation
- Federal Appeals Court: President's Blocking of Twitter Users Violates First Amendment
- Briefing Filed in Challenge to FCC Small Cell Order
- 2019 City Tax and Budget Deadlines Memo Now Available
JULY 5, 2019, NUMBER 27
TML Legislative Update Number 27 (PDF)
JUNE 28, 2019, NUMBER 26
TML Legislative Update Number 26 (PDF)
JUNE 21, 2019, NUMBER 25
TML Legislative Update Number 25 (PDF)
JUNE 14, 2019, NUMBER 24
TML Legislative Update Number 24 (PDF)
June 7, 2019, Number 23
TML Legislative Update Number 23 (PDF)
May 31, 2019, Number 22
TML Legislative Update Number 22 (PDF)
MAY 24, 2019, NUMBER 21
TML Legislative Update Number 21 (PDF)
MAY 17, 2019, NUMBER 20
TML Legislative Update Number 20 (PDF)
MAY 10, 2019, NUMBER 19
TML Legislative Update Number 19 (PDF)
MAY 3, 2019, NUMBER 18
TML Legislative Update Number 18 (PDF)
APRIL 26, 2019, NUMBER 17
TML Legislative Update Number 17 (PDF)
April 19, 2019, Number 16
TML Legislative Update Number 16 (PDF)
APRIL 12, 2019, NUMBER 15
TML Legislative Update Number 15 (PDF)
April 5, 2019, NUMBER 14
TML Legislative Update Number 14 (PDF)
MARCH 29, 2019, NUMBER 13
TML Legislative Update Number 13 (PDF)
MARCH 22, 2019, NUMBER 12
TML Legislative Update Number 12 (PDF)
- TML Legislative Update 12
MARCH 15, 2019, NUMBER 11
TML Legislative Update Number 11
- TML Legislative Update 11
- Bill Filing Deadline Comes and Goes and Legislative Committees Ramp up Their Work
- Legislators Seek to Cut Right-of-Way Compensation in Half: Testimony Needed Next Week
- Senate Committee Votes Out Unconstitutional Eminent Domain Bill
- Significant Committee Actions
- TCEQ: Free Phase II Workshops
- City Officials Testify
- City-Related Bills Filed
March 8, 2019, Number 10
TML Legislative Update Number 10
- TML Legislative Update 10
March 1, 2019, Number 9
TML Legislative Update Number 9 (PDF)
- TML Legislative Update 9
February 22, 2019, Number 8
TML Legislative Update Number 8 (PDF)
- TML Legislative Update 8
February 15, 2019, Number 7
TML Legislative Update Number 7 (PDF)
- TML Legislative Update 7
February 8, 2019, Number 6
TML Legislative Update Number 6 (PDF)
- TML Legislative Update 6
February 1, 2019, Number 5
TML Legislative Update Number 5 (PDF)
- TML Legislative Update 5
- State Leaders Release Property Tax Reform Plan: Interested City Officials Should Engage Now
- 2.5 Revenue Cap is Really a Salary Cap for Police and Firefighters
- Report: Governor's Committee to Support the Military
- Interim Report: House Committee on County Affairs
- Get Involved: TML Grass-Roots Involvement Program
- City-Related Bills Filed
January 25, 2019, Number 4
TML Legislative Update Number 4 (PDF)
- TML Legislative Update 4
- Pulled the Trigger Too Soon? Still Looking for Certainty about Guns in Courthouses
- Lt. Governor and Speaker Name Senate Committees
- Good Small Cell Bill Introduced in Congress
- Interim Report: House Committee on Government Transparency and Operations
- Interim Report: House Committee on Defense and Veterans' Affairs
- Interim Report: House Committee on General Investigating and Ethics
- Don't Forget: Mandatory Hotel Occupancy Tax Reporting
- Don't Forget: Mandatory Eminent Domain Reporting
- Get Involved: TML Grass-Roots Involvement Program
- City-Related Bills Filed
January 18, 2019, Number 3
TML Legislative Update Number 3 (PDF)
- TML Legislative Update 3
- Draft House and Senate Education Budgets Could Relieve Pressure on Property Taxes
- A Property Tax Myth, Revisited
- Small Cell Lawsuit Update
- Interim Report: House Committee on Pensions
- Don't Forget: Mandatory Hotel Occupancy Tax Reporting
- Don't Forget: Mandatory Eminent Domain Reporting
- Get Involved: TML Grass-Roots Involvement Program
- City-Related Bills Filed
January 11, 2019, Number 2
TML Legislative Update Number 2 (PDF)
- TML Legislative Update 2