The city says the law, which takes effect in September, would bar cities and counties from passing regulations and overturn existing ones that go further than state law.
The city of Houston filed a lawsuit against the state of Texas over House Bill 2127, which gives back power to the state over certain local laws.It's not exactly the Rebel Alliance attempting to raid the Death Star, but the city of Houston wants to challenge the state of Texas over a law that critics unofficially named after the Star Wars planet destroyer.
The Death Star Bill, also known as the "Super" Preemption Bill, redefines preemption by repealing Texas constitutional home rule, which gives cities like Houston "the power of self-government, permitting them to tailor their laws specifically to address local residents' and businesses' needs and desires."
It's under HB 2127 that a mandatory water break law in Dallas and Austin, for example, can be repealed. "We want those small-business owners creating new jobs and providing for their families, not trying to navigate a byzantine array of local regulations that twist and turn every time they," state Rep. Dustin Burrows, the Lubbock Republican carrying the bill in the House, said in May.
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