Legislative Update

JULY 31, 2020, NUMBER 30

TML Legislative Update Number 30 (PDF)

• TML Legislative Update 30
  • H.B. 3167 Subdivision Platting Legislation: Author Requests Attorney General Opinion
  • Resolutions for the 2020 TML Annual Conference
  • Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates

JULY 24, 2020, NUMBER 29

TML Legislative Update Number 29 (PDF)

• TML Legislative Update 29
  • DOL Seeks Public Input on FMLA Regulations
  • Human Trafficking Data Collection
  • TWDB:  Still Seeking Flood Planning Volunteers
  • Resolutions for the 2020 TML Annual Conference
  • Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates

JULY 17, 2020, NUMBER 28

TML Legislative Update Number 28 (PDF)

• TML Legislative Update 28
  • Resolutions for the 2020 TML Annual Conference
  • Emergency Management: CDC Natural Disaster and COVID-19 Response Website
  • Attorney General Proposes Rules for Reporting Human Trafficking Cases
  • National Civic League: Help Modernize the Model City Charter
  • Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates

JULY 10, 2020, NUMBER 27

TML Legislative Update Number 27 (PDF)

• TML Legislative Update 27
  • Opioid Class Action: July 30 Deadline to Submit Proof of Claim in the Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Case
  • Annual Voting Systems Report Deadline Is July 15
  • TWDB Regional Flood Planning Group Nominations Deadline Extended to July 17
  • Don’t Forget:  Emergency Management Resources Available
  • Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates

JULY 2, 2020, NUMBER 26

TML Legislative Update Number 26 (PDF)

• TML Legislative Update 26
  • USMCA Enters Into Force
  • U.S. House Passes Police Reform Bill
  • First Flood Planning Groups Forming: TWDB Seeking Nominations – DUE TODAY
  • U.S. House Passes Infrastructure Bill
  • Don’t Forget:  Emergency Management Resources Available
  • Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates

JUNE 19, 2020, NUMBER 25

TML Legislative Update Number 25 (PDF)

• TML Legislative Update 25
  • U.S. Supreme Court Decides Employment Discrimination Case
  • Federal Police Reform: Executive Order and Senate Legislation
  • Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates

JUNE 12, 2020, NUMBER 24

TML Legislative Update Number 24 (PDF)

• TML Legislative Update 24
  • The Deadline Is upon Us: State-Mandated Cybersecurity Training
  • Democrats Introduce Federal Police Reform Bill
  • FCC Preempts Cities Again
  • Texas Supreme Court Refuses to Consider City of Austin’s Paid Sick Leave Ordinance
  • Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates

JUNE 5, 2020, NUMBER 23

TML Legislative Update Number 23 (PDF)

• TML Legislative Update 23
  • NLC: Responding to Racial Tension in Your City
  • Attorney General Opinion: Employee Consent for "Union Dues Check-Off"
  • Comptroller Releases New Property Tax Rate Guidance
  • State and Local Sales Taxes on Internet Access End July 1
  • U.S. House Releases $494 Billion Transportation Proposal
  • Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates

MAY 29, 2020, NUMBER 22

TML Legislative Update Number 22 (PDF)

• TML Legislative Update 22
  • Comptroller Adopts New Sales Tax Rules:  Internet Sales Tax Sourcing Change Effective October 1, 2021
  • TWDB Solicits Regional Flood Planning Volunteers
    
  • 2020 City Tax and Budget Deadline Memos Now Available
  • Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates

MAY 22, 2020, NUMBER 21

TML Legislative Update Number 21 (PDF)

• TML Legislative Update 21
  • FCC Plans Vote on Preemptive Wireless Siting Rules
  • 2020 City Tax and Budget Deadline Memos Now Available
  • Working from Home?  Knock out Your Mandated Cybersecurity Training Update: DIR Online Compliance Form Now Available
  • Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates

MAY 15, 2020, NUMBER 20

TML Legislative Update Number 20 (PDF)

• TML Legislative Update 20
  • Register Now: TML COVID-19 Webinar
  • Texas Supreme Court: Eight Liner Regulations Still Uncertain
  • 2020 City Tax and Budget Deadline Memos Now Available
  • Working from Home?  Knock out Your Mandated Cybersecurity Training Update: DIR Online Compliance Form Now Available
  • Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates

MAY 8, 2020, NUMBER 19

TML Legislative Update Number 19 (PDF)

• TML Legislative Update 19
  • Get Involved: Volunteer to Develop the TML Legislative Program
  • 2020 City Tax and Budget Deadline Memos Now Available
  • Texas Department of Information Resources: What You Need to Know about Cybersecurity Training
  • Working from Home?  Knock out Your Mandated Cybersecurity Training Update: DIR Online Compliance Form Now Available
    
  • Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates

MAY 1, 2020, NUMBER 18

TML Legislative Update Number 18 (PDF)

• TML Legislative Update 18
  • 2020 City Tax and Budget Deadline Memos Now Available
  • Boycott Israel Lawsuit Dismissed
  • Working from Home?  Knock out Your Mandated Cybersecurity Training Update: DIR Online Compliance Form Now Available
  • City-Related News from Other Organizations
    
  • Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates

APRIL 24, 2020, NUMBER 17

TML Legislative Update Number 17 (PDF)

• TML Legislative Update 17
  • Attorney General Opinion: Public Comment at Open Meetings
  • Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates
  • EPA Publishes Final Navigable Waters Protection Rule
    
  • Working from Home?  Knock out Your Mandated Cybersecurity Training Update: DIR Online Compliance Form Now Available

APRIL 17, 2020, NUMBER 16

TML Legislative Update Number 16 (PDF)

• TML Legislative Update 16
  • Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates
  • Working from Home?  Knock out Your Mandated Cybersecurity Training Update: DIR Online Compliance Form Now Available

APRIL 10, 2020, NUMBER 15

TML Legislative Update Number 15 (PDF)

• TML Legislative Update 15
  • Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates
  • Working from Home?  Knock out Your Mandated Cybersecurity Training
  • TWDB Designates 15 Flood Planning Regions

April 3, 2020, NUMBER 14

TML Legislative Update Number 14 (PDF)

• TML Legislative Update 14
  • Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates
  • Working from Home?  Knock out Your Mandated Cybersecurity Training

MARCH 27, 2020, NUMBER 13

TML Legislative Update Number 13 (PDF)

• TML Legislative Update 13
  • Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates

MARCH 20, 2020, NUMBER 12

TML Legislative Update Number 12 (PDF)

• TML Legislative Update 12
  • Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates
  • Right-of-Way Lawsuit: Temporary Injunction Denied

MARCH 13, 2020, NUMBER 11

TML Legislative Update Number 11 (PDF)

• TML Legislative Update 11
  • More on COVID-19
  • Cybersecurity Training and Reporting Update

MARCH 6, 2020, NUMBER 10

TML Legislative Update Number 10 (PDF)

• TML Legislative Update 10
  • Federal Government Announces COVID-19 Assistance
  • Reminder: Emergency Management Resources
  • TCEQ Proposes Aggregate Operation Rules

FEBRUARY 28, 2020, NUMBER 9

TML Legislative Update Number 9 (PDF)

• TML Legislative Update 9
  • Don’t Forget: Curfew Ordinances Need Review
  • Sales Tax Sourcing Rule Changes: Comptroller Extends Comment Period to April 3, 2020

FEBRUARY 21, 2020, NUMBER 8

TML Legislative Update Number 8 (PDF)

• TML Legislative Update 8
  • Right-of-Way Compensation Lawsuit Progresses: Assistant Attorney General Argues that $6.6 Million Loss to City of Dallas is of Little Concern
  • Sales Tax Sourcing Rule Changes: Comptroller Extends Comment Period to April 3, 2020, and Comments

FEBRUARY 14, 2020, NUMBER 7

TML Legislative Update Number 7 (PDF)

• TML Legislative Update 7
  • TCEQ Proposes Amendments to Landscape Irrigation Rules
  • Sales Tax Sourcing Rule Changes: Comptroller Extends Comment Period to April 3, 2020
  • Don’t Forget: Mandatory Hotel Occupancy Tax Reporting
  • Don’t Forget: Mandatory Eminent Domain Reporting

february 7, 2020, Number 6

TML Legislative Update Number 6 (PDF)

• TML Legislative Update 6
  • Post-Session Update: Paved Accessible Parking Spaces
  • Cities’ Transportation Efforts Ramp Up for 2020
  • White House Proposes Changes to Environmental Review Law
  • Sales Tax Sourcing Rule Changes: Comptroller Holds Public Hearing
  • Don’t Forget: Mandatory Hotel Occupancy Tax Reporting
  • Don’t Forget: Mandatory Eminent Domain Reporting

JANUARY 31, 2020, NUMBER 5

TML Legislative Update Number 5 (PDF)

• TML Legislative Update 5
  • Sales Tax Sourcing Rule Changes: Comptroller Sets Public Hearing and Extends Deadlines

JANUARY 24, 2020, NUMBER 4

TML Legislative Update Number 4 (PDF)

• TML Legislative Update 4
  • Post-Session Update: Notice of Election
  • Cybersecurity Training Update
  • Beneficial Federal Small Cell Legislation
  • Sales Tax Sourcing Rule Changes: Comptroller Sets Public Hearing and Extends Deadlines; House Committee on Ways and Means Sets Interim Hearing

JANUARY 17, 2020, NUMBER 3

TML Legislative Update Number 3 (PDF)

• TML Legislative Update 3
  • Opioid Class Action Litigation Update
  • Texas House Committee on Mass Violence Prevention
  • Texas General Land Office: Resiliency Grant Applications Opening Soon
  • Reminder: Comment Period Open for Sales Tax Rule Changes

JANUARY 10, 2020, NUMBER 2

TML Legislative Update Number 2 (PDF)

• TML Legislative Update 2
  • Reminder: Comment Period Open for Sales Tax Rule Changes
  • Texas Water Development Board: Proposed State and Regional Flood Planning Rules

JANUARY 3, 2020, NUMBER 1

TML Legislative Update Number 1 (PDF)

• TML Legislative Update 1
  • Comptroller Proposes Internet Sales Tax Sourcing Rule Changes