home rule

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Recent Examples of home rule Voters were shooting down a proposal for the county to elect a charter commission to generally revise the county's home rule charter and frame and submit to the voters a revised charter, according to unofficial results. Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 20 Nov. 2024 City of Round Rock Proposition B Passage of this proposition would amend the home rule charter to allow city staff to be delegated the ability to approve, approve with conditions or disapprove a plat as permitted by section 212.0065(a) of the Texas Local Government Code. Ryan Maxin, Austin American-Statesman, 23 Apr. 2024 In Jefferson Parish, local propositions include a home rule charter amendment that edits an employment definition for some parish workers, and a security tax for a Stonebridge crime prevention district. Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 17 Oct. 2024 The suspect is on the town council of Mountain View, a 12-block home rule municipality in the Denver suburbs, the sheriff’s office confirmed to CBS News Colorado. Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for home rule 

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“Home rule.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/home%20rule. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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