TX Rules To Stop ‘Defund The Police’

On Monday, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott introduced new rules that would stop big Texas cities from defunding police.
It’s taken quite some time to get the new administrative rules in place, as the law that paved the way for them was signed last July. 
These new rules went into effect immediately.

Announcing the adoption of new Texas Administrative Code rules that will prevent cities from defunding the police. Texas will always support our law enforcement officers.https://t.co/EWssneyDHb
— Gov. Greg Abbott (@GovAbbott) March 7, 2022

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Gov. Abbott: ‘Texas remains a law-and-order state and we continue to make it abundantly clear that we support our law enforcement officers who put their lives on the line’
The governor’s in a statement on Monday laid out the penalties cities will face if they defund their police: 
The city will be subject to tax rate limitations, 
The city will lose access to certain tax revenues
The city will be subject to other budgetary requirements and limitations.
However, the rules state that this applies only to cities with a population greater than 250,000 residents – accounting only for Texas’ 12 largest cities.

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