{"id":36422,"date":"2014-05-06T06:30:37","date_gmt":"2014-05-06T11:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/?p=36422"},"modified":"2014-05-08T10:01:26","modified_gmt":"2014-05-08T15:01:26","slug":"suing-polluters-texas-again-considers-curbing-county-attorneys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/2014\/05\/06\/suing-polluters-texas-again-considers-curbing-county-attorneys\/","title":{"rendered":"Suing Polluters: Texas Again Considers Curbing County Attorneys"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dave Fehling \/ StateImpact<\/p>

Jackie Young at San Jacinto River Superfund site tells why local lawsuits are important in our Radio Story<\/p><\/div>\n

After being the target of intense lobbying that drew criticism <\/a>in last year’s Texas legislature, lawmakers will again hear why big business wants restrictions on local governments that go after polluters in court. The House Judiciary Committee will take up the issue at a hearing May 16th<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Bills to curtail pollution lawsuits by local governments died in the last legislative session.<\/p>\n

“I wasn\u2019t surprised to see it still out there. There\u2019s an effort to limit cities and actually it\u2019s been going on for several years now,” said Bennett Sandlin, Executive Director of the Texas Municipal League.<\/p>\n