The Administration recommends that the City Council adopt the City of Houston Legislative Principles for the 89th Session of the Texas Legislature. The Principles will serve as the guiding document to instruct the City of Houston Intergovernmental Relations staff and lobby team in Austin. The City will only work on priority legislation that falls within the Principles.
The Principles document gives the City the necessary flexibility to work within the fast pace of the Texas Legislature while remaining within the approved priorities of the City of Houston. The City Council will receive regular updates and reports throughout the session from the Government Relations Office on action taken pursuant to the Principles.
The adoption of Legislative Principles prior to previous sessions has been very successful in focusing the legislative efforts of the City.
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Joshua Sanders, Chief of Intergovernmental Relations