Everyday Conservative Virtue Signaling

vanzandt said:
Well apparently the current regulations aren't working real well since the Bill doesn't go into effect until September. No?

And as I read things, the Bill doesn't change the laws set forth by Austin and Dallas, or any other city regarding ANY ordinance, it merely gives state Legislators the ability to overrule a local municipalities law if they so desire.

But it makes for nice click bait on whatever media outlet publishes an article sensationalizing nothing.
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I guess Abbott didn’t think the on-the-job heat stroke death rate in Texas was high enough and wanted to increase it.
 
gwb-trading said:
I guess Abbott didn’t think the on-the-job heat stroke death rate in Texas was high enough and wanted to increase it.
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That, or Biden's Department of Labor is too incompetent or too ball-less to run OSHA properly in light of the new, heralded daily, impending destruction of everything we hold dear via rising temperatures.

Workers should now get 30 minute breaks, for every 2 hours of work. And yet... ya'll hate unions too.

Lol... Am I the only one here that actually has the ability to see thru the comedy of this never ending cycle of contradictions that we call ET Politics?
 
While the GOPer's in Texas do their best to bring death and misery to the residents, let's see what the GOPer's are up to in Kentucky.

It's amusing to see the GOP State AG make huge fuss about a $250 campaign donation to an elected judge from an attorney who eventually had a case before the judge (btw - the money was returned) --- but then the GOP Attorney General takes in over 25 times this amount of cash from recovery center under state investigation from his office and tries to hide that he took in the campaign cash.

Kentucky GOP Star Took Cash From Recovery Center He’s Investigating
And he only recused himself when his office received a public records request about the investigation.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/kentu...m-edgewater-recovery-center-hes-investigating
 
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vanzandt said:
Dude... you sound ignorant.
IT IS NOT ABOUT WATER BREAKS!!!!
Here's the bill. Read it yourself.




By: Burrows H.B. No. 2127



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT
relating to state preemption of certain municipal and county
regulation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. This Act shall be known as the Texas Regulatory
Consistency Act.
SECTION 2. The legislature finds that:
(1) the State of Texas has historically been the
exclusive regulator of many aspects of commerce and trade in this
state;
(2) in recent years, several local jurisdictions have
sought to establish their own regulations of commerce that are
different than the state's regulations; and
(3) the local regulations have led to a patchwork of
regulations across this state that provide inconsistency.
SECTION 3. The purpose of this Act is to provide regulatory
consistency across this state and return the historic exclusive
regulatory powers to the state where those powers belong.
SECTION 4. Chapter 1, Agriculture Code, is amended by
adding Section 1.004 to read as follows:
Sec. 1.004. FIELD PREEMPTION. The provisions of this code
preclude municipalities or counties from adopting or enforcing an
ordinance, order, rule, or policy in a field occupied by a provision
of this code unless explicitly authorized by statute. A municipal
or county ordinance, order, rule, or policy that violates this
section is void and unenforceable.
SECTION 5. Title 5, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is
amended by adding Chapter 102A to read as follows:
CHAPTER 102A. MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY LIABILITY FOR PREEMPTED
REGULATION
Sec. 102A.001. LIABILITY FOR CERTAIN PREEMPTED REGULATION.
Any person, including a taxpayer, adversely affected by a municipal
or county ordinance, order, rule, or policy adopted or enforced by a
municipality, county, municipal official or county official acting
in their official capacity in violation of any of the following
provisions has standing to bring and may bring an action against the
municipality, county or official:
(1) Section 1.004, Agriculture Code;
(2) Section 1.004, Finance Code;
(3) Section 30.005, Insurance Code;
(4) Section 1.005, Labor Code;
(5) Section 1.003, Natural Resources Code; or
(6) Section 1.004, Occupations Code.
Sec. 102A.002. REMEDIES. A claimant is entitled to recover
in an action brought under this chapter:
(1) declaratory and injunctive relief; and
(2) costs and reasonable attorney's fees.
Sec. 102A.003. IMMUNITY WAIVER AND PROHIBITED DEFENSES.
(a) Governmental immunity, official immunity, and qualified
immunity, as applicable, are waived to the extent of liability
created by this chapter.
(b) Official and qualified immunity may not be asserted as a
defense in an action brought under this chapter.
Sec. 102A.004. VENUE. Notwithstanding any other law,
including Chapter 15, a claimant may bring an action under this
chapter in any county in this state. If the action is brought in a
venue authorized by this section, the action may not be transferred
to a different venue without the written consent of all parties.
Section 102A.005. PERSON. For purposes of this section
"person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate,
trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint
venture, government, governmental subdivision, agency or
instrumentality, public corporation, or any legal or commercial
entity, or protected series or registered series of a for-profit
entity.
SECTION 6. Chapter 1, Finance Code, is amended by adding
Section 1.004 to read as follows:
Sec. 1.004. FIELD PREEMPTION. The provisions of this code
preclude municipalities and counties from adopting or enforcing an
ordinance, order, rule, or policy in a field occupied by a provision
of this code unless explicitly authorized by statute. A municipal
or county ordinance, order, rule, or policy that violates this
section is void and unenforceable.
SECTION 7. Chapter 30, Insurance Code, is amended by adding
Section 30.005 to read as follows:
Sec. 30.005. FIELD PREEMPTION. The provisions of this code
preclude municipalities and counties from adopting or enforcing an
ordinance, order, rule, or policy in a field occupied by a provision
of this code unless explicitly authorized by statute. A municipal
or county ordinance, order, rule, or policy that violates this
section is void and unenforceable.
SECTION 8. Chapter 1, Labor Code, is amended by adding
Section 1.005 to read as follows:
Sec. 1.005. FIELD PREEMPTION. The provisions of this code
preclude municipalities and counties from adopting or enforcing an
ordinance, order, rule, or policy in a field occupied by a provision
of this code unless explicitly authorized by statute. A municipal
or county ordinance, order, rule, or policy that violates this
section is void and unenforceable.
SECTION 9. Chapter 1, Natural Resources Code, is amended by
adding Section 1.003 to read as follows:
Sec. 1.003. FIELD PREEMPTION. The provisions of this code
preclude municipalities and counties from adopting or enforcing an
ordinance, order, rule, or policy in a field occupied by a provision
of this code unless explicitly authorized by statute. A municipal
or county ordinance, order, rule, or policy that violates this
section is void and unenforceable.
SECTION 10. Chapter 1, Occupations Code, is amended by
adding Section 1.004 to read as follows:
Sec. 1.004. FIELD PREEMPTION. The provisions of this code
preclude municipalities and counties from adopting or enforcing an
ordinance, order, rule, or policy in a field occupied by a provision
of this code unless explicitly authorized by statute. A municipal
or county ordinance, order, rule, or policy that violates this
section is void and unenforceable.
SECTION 11. Chapter 102A, Civil Practice and Remedies Code,
as added by this Act, applies only to a cause of action that accrues
on or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 12. This Act takes effect immediately if it
receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each
house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.
If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate
effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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Nobody said the pre-emption law was for anything particular, we are talking about how it applies.

If there was no state-wide law on breaks, what will the general provision of this law pre-empt? Local ordinance would stand on its own.
 
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“Stephen Miller, one of Donald Trump’s top immigration advisers, advocated using U.S. predator drones in 2018 to blow up migrant boats full of unarmed civilians, according to an upcoming book by a former administration official,” Rolling Stone reports.

“In a passage reviewed by Rolling Stone, former Trump Department of Homeland Security appointee Miles Taylor writes about an April 2018 conversation in which Miller allegedly advocated an attack on a migrant ship headed for the United States. Miller, Taylor writes, argued for the potential mass killing of civilians by suggesting they were not protected under the U.S. Constitution because they were in international waters.”

“Rolling Stone has reviewed written documentation from during the Trump administration that supports Taylor’s claim. Taylor’s account, however, is contested, both by Miller and by another person present.”
 
“The administration of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) steered $92 million last year in leftover federal coronavirus stimulus money to a controversial highway interchange project that directly benefits a top political donor,” the Washington Post reports.

Gym Jordan and @ipatent will be really interested in investigating this.
 
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