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  2. Constitution of Texas - Wikipedia

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    Section 4 states that a city with a population of 5,000 or fewer has only those powers granted to it by general law; Section 5 permits a city, once its population exceeds 5,000, to adopt a charter under home rule provided the charter is not inconsistent with limits placed by the Texas Constitution or general law (the city may amend to maintain ...

  3. Gambling in Texas - Wikipedia

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    The Legislature in 1971 exempted charities from the state's anti-lottery statute, but the act was struck down in 1973 by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, which ruled that it violated the state constitution's requirement for a ban on lotteries. [5]

  4. Tom Bane Civil Rights Act - Wikipedia

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    The Bane Act was originally enacted in 1987 'to stem a tide of hate crimes.' (Venegas v. County of Los Angeles (2004) 32 Cal.4th 820, 845 (conc. opn. of Baxter, J.).) [5] This civil code was created by California State Assemblyman Tom Bane, becoming an official law in 1988 that mandated heavy punishment for hate crimes committed in California. [6]

  5. 100th United States Congress - Wikipedia

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    September 29, 1987: Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Reaffirmation Act of 1987 (Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Balanced Budget Act), Pub. L. 100–119, title I; December 22, 1987: Anti-Terrorism Act of 1987, Pub. L. 100–204, 101 Stat. 1406; January 7, 1988: Computer Security Act of 1987, Pub. L. 100–235, 101 Stat. 1724

  6. Texas secession movements - Wikipedia

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    Members of the group also stated that the U.S. government had set itself above the people and had exercised its global influences unlawfully against the Constitution. The Republic of Texas members placed emphasis on the Branch Davidian incident near Waco as an example of all that was wrong with the U.S. government. [9]

  7. Explainer-How Republicans plan to pass Trump's agenda through ...

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    When President-elect Donald Trump's Republicans take control of the U.S. Congress next month, they plan to rely on a maneuver called "reconciliation" to achieve his ambitious tax-cutting and ...

  8. Texas Tech, West Texas A&M universities to keep ACT ... - AOL

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    Texas Tech has been test-optional since 2020, but a Tech official recently told the Avalanche-Journal that the university is evaluating its position. Texas Tech University, as seen on Tuesday ...

  9. Robin Hood plan - Wikipedia

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    The Robin Hood Plan is a colloquialism given to a provision of Texas Senate Bill 7 (73rd Texas Legislature) (the provision is officially referred to as "recapture"), originally enacted by the U.S. state of Texas in 1993 (and revised frequently since then) to provide equity of school financing within all school districts in the state of Texas.