Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs

Intergovernmental Affairs

(a) The committee shall have 11 members, with jurisdiction over:

(1) counties and municipalities, including their creation, organization, boundaries, powers, government, and finance, and the compensation and duties of their officers and employees;
(2) establishing districts for the election of governing bodies of counties and municipalities;
(3) home-rule municipalities, their relationship to the state, and their powers, authority, and limitations;
(4) the creation or change of metropolitan areas and the form of government under which those areas operate;
(5) problems and issues particularly affecting metropolitan areas of the state;
(6) regional councils of governments;
(7) multicounty boards or commissions;
(8) relationships or contracts between units of local government;
(9) other units of local government not otherwise assigned by these rules to other standing committees;
(10) land use regulation by counties and municipalities;
(11) the relations between the State of Texas and other nations, other than matters related to trade relations and international trade zones;
(12) the relations between the State of Texas and the federal government, other than matters involving defense, emergency preparedness, and veterans issues;
(13) the relations between the State of Texas and other states of the United States; and
(14) the following state agencies: the Office of State-Federal Relations, the Commission on Jail Standards, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, and the Texas Commission on Fire Protection.

(b) The committee has two permanent standing subcommittees:

(1) a subcommittee on County and Regional Government, to consider all matters relating to:
- (A) counties, including their creation, organization, boundaries, powers, government, and finance, and the compensation and duties of their officers and employees;
- (B) establishing districts for the election of governing bodies of counties;
- (C) regional councils of governments;
- (D) multicounty boards or commissions;
- (E) relationships or contracts between counties;
- (F) other units of local government not otherwise assigned by these rules to other standing committees; and
- (G) land use regulation by counties; and
(2) a subcommittee on State-Federal Relations, to consider all matters relating to:
- (A) the relations between the State of Texas and other nations, other than matters related to trade relations and international trade zones;
- (B) the relations between the State of Texas and the federal government, other than matters involving defense, emergency preparedness, and veterans issues; and
- (C) the relations between the State of Texas and other states of the United States