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Fun fact: Theodore Roosevelt recruited his famous Rough Riders cavalry brigade at this workshop's hotel Fun fact: Instructor Jack Smith has taught more than 35,000 professionals how to shake the money tree Fact: Almost a third of the legislature’s work is directed at cities, and much of that work aims to limit municipal authority The Texas attorney general has sued the City of San Antonio, its police chief William McMan*s, the city manager, and the San Antonio Police Department (SAPD) for alleged violations of Senate Bill 4.Senate Bill 4 is the so-called “sanctuary city bill” that requires, among other things, local law enforcement to cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainer requests. This week, the Senate State Affairs Committee released its interim report, which contains a number of city-related items. A summary of the relevant charges and the committee’s recommendations are provided below. On October 19, the Texas comptroller published proposed rules in The Texas Register to implement the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Wayfair v. South Dakota. (Wayfair is the opinion concluding that sales taxes may be collected from online sellers under certain circu*stances.) The comptroller will be sending reminders to cities to file their annual eminent domain report as required by law. Legislation pas*ed in 2015 requires cities to annually fill out a web-based form with the comptroller relating to each city’s statutory eminent domain Texas Municipal League      1821 Rutherford Lane, Suite 400      Austin, Texas 78754      512-231-7400   Terms &