Ordinance 2026-0650

Staff Report & Agenda Item Details

Ordinance 2026-0650 ORDINANCE REPEALING SECTION 18-37 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, relating to the Limitation on Repayment of Personal Loans from Campaign Contributions; containing findings and other provisions relating to the foregoing subject; providing for severability MATTERS TO BE PRESENTED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS - Council Member Thomas first ALL ORDINANCES ARE TO BE CONSIDERED ON AN EMERGENCY BASIS AND TO BE PASSED ON ONE READING UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED, ARTICLE VII, SECTION 7, CITY CHARTER NOTE - WHENEVER ANY AGENDA ITEM, WHETHER OR NOT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, IS NOT READY FOR COUNCIL ACTION AT THE TIME IT IS REACHED ON THE AGENDA, THAT ITEM SHALL BE PLACED AT THE END OF THE AGENDA FOR ACTION BY COUNCIL WHEN ALL

This motion is scored as EXPANDS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 6.4/10). Under the Bastiat Liberty Watchdog Index, measures that increase tax rates or fee schedules, issue new debt or Certificates of Obligation, expand regulatory/zoning restrictions on private land use, or authorize unbudgeted spending expansions reduce an official's Freedom Score when voted YES (and reward dissenting NO votes).