(The Center Square) – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued Dallas officials for adopting a city charter amendment “that would illegally decriminalize marijuana-related offenses and prohibit police from enforcing Texas law.”
On Nov. 5, Dallas voters approved more than a dozen propositions on the ballot to amend the city charter. One was Proposition R, which prohibits Dallas Police officers from making marijuana-related arrests under certain conditions; prohibits them from issuing citations for marijuana possession or considering marijuana odor as probable cause for search or seizure; mandates that marijuana-related arrests be the “lowest enforcement priority;” and prohibits city funds or personnel from being used to test for cannabis-related substances.
Proposition R passed by a vote of 66% to 33% after a controversial citizenship led initiative added it to the ballot. On Tuesday, the Dallas City Council held a special session and voted to approve the city charter amendments, including Proposition R…