HOUSTON (KIAH) — On Monday, Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar took again his determination that Harris County illegally decreased funding for Harris County Precinct 5 Constable’s workplace. His authentic determination was introduced in February.

The reversal of the choice got here shortly after Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee filed a lawsuit against him on the determination.

Both Hegar, a Republican, and Democratic Harris County officers every tried to say victory within the matter.

“I’m glad the Comptroller admitted his error and is no longer holding Harris County’s budget process hostage,” Menefee stated in a press release. “I hope that in the future, we can talk through these types of allegations, as the law requires, before the Comptroller makes a final decision.”

However, Hegar claims that his choice to rescind the defunding of Harris County was due to a evaluate which confirmed that District 5 was being defunded, however within the context of countywide funds reductions, subsequently allowable below state legislation.

“I applaud Harris County and Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo for lastly admitting that they defunded legislation enforcement,” Hegar stated in a press release. “The fact that they defunded police as part of larger cuts to the county’s overall budget is in no way an indication of Judge Hidalgo’s commitment to public safety. Rather, it is a convenient excuse ironically only available to her thanks to the courageous efforts of Harris County Commissioner Tom Ramsey and former Commissioner Jack Cagle who stood firm against Judge Hidalgo’s efforts to put her political career above the safety of Harris County residents. Their actions saved county taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars and brought the county budget in line with the cuts already planned for county constables.”

According to Menefee, Texans count on their elected officers to unravel issues even when there is a disagreement. His hope is that the Comptroller will deal with this otherwise subsequent time.

Harris County Precinct 2 Commissioner Adrian Garcia says that the withdrawal is proof of what they’ve already recognized: that Harris County totally funds police. He says he’d prefer to thank County Attorney Christian Menefee for reassuring that we had details and the legislation on their facet.

With Hegar’s determination reversal, this implies the county can undertake its tax charge.

“Thank you to Comptroller Hegar for withdrawing the lawsuit against Harris County after recognizing it was meritless,” Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo said in a statement. “It’s not our job to clarify the legislation or math to the Chief Financial Officer of the State of Texas, however that’s what he needed to do to cease state officers from bullying our communities.

“As a final reminder, Harris County has increased the budgets for law enforcement every year since I took office. This is true even though, sadly, we were not able to give planned raises to the tune of $100 million to our hard-working Harris County Sheriff’s Deputies, Constables’ Deputies, Assistant District Attorneys, or Detention Officers because two allies of Hegar boycotted our budget vote,” Hidalgo continued.

“Comptroller Hegar, like another far-right officers, consider it’s good for his or her base to be anti-Harris County, however that doesn’t make their assaults much less false or much less offensive.”

Hegar did say he’ll proceed to watch the Harris County funds to see if Hidalgo and the Democrats on the commissioner’s court docket will attempt to take any extra funds away from legislation enforcement within the county.

“Removing rollover budgets, refusing to allow law enforcement agencies to hire patrol officers and other staff despite budgeting for those positions, claiming that planting trees and striping bike lanes is law enforcement – these are just some of the tactics Judge Hidalgo has used to hide the plain truth,” Hegar said. “She doesn’t support police, and she doesn’t value the safety of Harris County families, businesses and communities. That is why I am working with lawmakers to provide the people of Texas with real transparency on this issue.”