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Opinion No.

Texas Attorney General Reports

Decided February 24, 2000Published

1Opinion of the Court

Office of the Attorney General — State of Texas John Cornyn The Honorable José R. Rodréguez El Paso County Attorney County Courthouse 500 East San Antonio, Room 203 El Paso, Texas 79901

Re: Conversion of the City of Socorro to home-rule status (RQ-0124-JC)

Dear Mr. Rodréguez:

You have requested our opinion regarding the proper procedure whereby the City of Socorro (the "City") may convert to home-rule status. For the reasons set forth below, we conclude that the City may not amend its charter to obtain the status of a hybrid special-law/home-rule city except by complying with chapter 5 and…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. City of Socorro v. U.S. Fireworks of America, Inc.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1992

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