Urban Affairs Committee

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Committee info:

  • Clerk:
  • Willie Gonzales
  • Room:
  • EXT E2.126
  • Phone:
  • (512) 463-9904

Committee Members

Chair

Lozano

Rep. Lozano,
J. M.

Vice Chair

Gates

Rep. Gates,
Gary

 

Bernal

Rep. Bernal,
Diego

 

Cortez

Rep. Cortez,
Philip

 

Cunningham

Rep. Cunningham,
Charles

 

González

Rep. González,
Jessica

 

Hayes

Rep. Hayes,
Richard

 

Romero

Rep. Romero,
Ramon

 

Tepper

Rep. Tepper,
Carl

Jurisdiction:

Sec. 33. URBAN AFFAIRS. The committee shall have nine
members, with jurisdiction over all matters pertaining to:
(1) municipalities, including their creation,
organization, powers, government, and finance, and the
compensation and duties of their officers and employees;
(2) home-rule municipalities, their relationship to
the state, and their powers, authority, and limitations;
(3) the creation or change of metropolitan areas and
the form of government under which those areas operate;
(4) problems and issues particularly affecting
metropolitan areas of the state;
(5) other units of local government not otherwise
assigned by these rules to other standing committees;
(6) establishing districts for the election of
governing bodies of municipalities;
(7) land use regulation by municipalities; and
(8) the following state agencies: the Texas
Department of Housing and Community Affairs and the Texas
Commission on Fire Protection.