The city of Dallas and its employee retirement fund have been in a legal battle for years. Now, the attorney general is giving his two cents to the Texas Supreme Court.
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Nearly 50 years after the ordinance was passed, it was changed to add a provision stating that amendments to the ordinance must be recommended by the fund’s board. About 13 years after that, the ordinance was changed again to say amendments must be approved by the board. At the time, the board said it opposed the term limits because it didn’t have enough time to study them, according to court filings. Members of all other boards and commissions in the city are subject to term limits.
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