The bill amends the Local Government Code to clarify the authority of home-rule municipalities regarding their governmental immunity. It introduces the term "restricted provision," which refers to charter provisions or proposed amendments that either establish rules addressing climate change and environmental impacts or attempt to change the municipality's governmental immunity. The bill stipulates that any charter amendment cannot contain more than one subject and cannot change a municipality's governmental immunity unless it has received prior approval from the legislature.

Additionally, the bill establishes that municipalities cannot hold elections for voter approval of restricted charter provisions without a legislative resolution endorsing such provisions. It also explicitly prohibits municipalities from adopting or enforcing any measures that would alter their governmental immunity without legislative approval. This legislation aims to ensure that changes to governmental immunity are carefully regulated and subject to oversight by the state legislature.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: Local Government Code 9.0015, Local Government Code 9.004, Local Government Code 9.0045 (Local Government Code 9)