Texas Supreme Court May 7, 1975, B-4663 (Lower Colorado River Authority v. City of San Marcos)

McGEE, Justice

(dissenting).

I respectfully dissent. I cannot agree with the court’s holding that the LCRA Act is not a legislative limitation upon the power of San Marcos, as a home rule city, to regulate the utility rates charged to its residents.

Section 5 of Article XI of the Texas Constitution, the Home Rule Amendment, provides:

“Cities having more than five thousand (5,000) inhabitants may .