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The document summarizes a court case regarding the constitutionality of laws passed by Congress exempting 16 municipalities from the income requirement for cityhood status under an earlier law. The court ruled the exemption laws unconstitutional for several reasons: 1) Applying the original income requirement was prospective not retroactive as the exemption laws were passed years later; 2) The constitution requires all cityhood criteria be defined in the Local Government Code, not separate laws; 3) The exem

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