(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 ofthe 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.
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Legislative Committees
Urban Affairs Committee
Texas House Committee
Phone: 512-463-9904
Web Address: https://house.texas.gov/committees/committee/index.php?committee=C480
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Rep. Philip Cortez
(Democratic-TX 117) Chair
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Rep. Justin Holland
(Republican-TX 33) Vice Chair
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Rep. Diego Bernal
(Democratic-TX 123) Member
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Rep. Elizabeth Campos
(Democratic-TX 119) Member
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Rep. Gary Gates
(Republican-TX 28) Member
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Rep. Jarvis Johnson
(Democratic-TX 139) Member
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Rep. Ina Minjarez
(Democratic-TX 124) Member
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Rep. Penny Shaw
(Democratic-TX 148) Member
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Rep. Bryan Slaton
(Republican-TX 2) Member