Angelina County Commissioners Court adopts Resolution 010-26 asking the Legislature for authority over data centers
Angelina County Commissioners Court voted unanimously on July 14th, 2026 to adopt Resolution 010-26. It asks the Texas Legislature to grant counties specific powers over large scale industrial development that local government currently can't reach. The requests include buffer and setback rules, noise and heat attenuation standards, light pollution limits, water impact statements and public hearings. County Judge Keith Wright framed the problem plainly. Without an abatement the county has no control over a data center at all. He also said the ask was kept narrow on purpose because a broad one would fail. The resolution carries no force by itself and lands with a Legislature that is not in regular session.
How to take part
Angelina County posts Commissioners Court agendas, minutes and meeting videos on its Commissioners Court page. The court meets in the courtroom and annex at 211 East Shepherd Avenue in Lufkin. Judge Wright told residents every decision has to be made by the court in public.
Where
1 county. In Lufkin.
Timeline
- ordered
Commissioners Court unanimously approved Resolution 010-26 at its regular Tuesday session in Lufkin
- Today
How this decision moved
One dated line per check, oldest first. A line that says nothing changed means somebody looked and it had not.
- 2026-08-19
Whether the resolution has been revisited is unconfirmed. The court has met on July 14th, July 28th and August 11th, and the item texts for those meetings are not published on the court's own page.
- 2026-08-22
Whether the resolution has been revisited is still unconfirmed. Resolution 010-26 asking the Legislature for county authority over data centers still stands as adopted and the court's own page publishes no later item text.
- 2026-08-26
Checked and unchanged. Resolution 010-26 still stands and the county is still asking the state for authority it does not have. The commissioners' reasoning about abatements being the only lever available to them is still on the record.
- 2026-08-29
Checked and unchanged. The resolution still asks the Legislature for authority the county does not have, and it is still a request rather than a rule. Nothing has been enacted in response to it.
- 2026-09-02
The resolution stands as adopted. The authority it asks for still rests with the Legislature, which does not sit again in regular session until next year.
- 2026-09-05
Angelina County's resolution asking the Legislature for authority over data centers still stands. The Legislature has not answered it.
- 2026-09-08
Angelina County's resolution asking the Legislature for authority over data centers still stands, and no answer from the state has been published to it.
- 2026-09-09
Angelina County's resolution asking the Legislature for authority over data centers is still standing and has drawn no answer.
- 2026-09-12
Angelina County's resolution asking the Legislature for authority over data centers is still standing, and no committee has taken it up.
- 2026-09-13
Angelina County's request for county authority over data center siting is still on the books, and the Legislature has not answered it.
- 2026-09-16
Angelina County's resolution asking the Legislature for authority over data centers is still unanswered. The county still has only the authority it had when it asked.
- 2026-09-19
The county's request for authority over data center development still stands with the Legislature, and nothing has been filed in answer to it.
- 2026-09-24
The county's own court page still posts the agenda and video of the session where the resolution was adopted. The request to the Legislature has drawn no answer on the record.
- 2026-09-27
The county's request for authority over data centers still stands as adopted. The Legislature has given it no answer on the record.
- 2026-09-30
That the county's request for authority over data centers still stands is unconfirmed this time. Both published accounts sit on sites that bar automated readers, and the resolution itself was not found posted.
- 2026-10-01
That the county's request for authority over data centers still stands is unconfirmed. The published accounts sit on sites that bar automated readers, and the resolution itself has not been found posted.
The evidence
Every fact above rests on one of these. The words are the source's own.
Angelina County commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to formally ask the Texas Legislature for limited authority to regulate data centers.Angelina County commissioners vote to ask state for authority to regulate data centers Journalism · kltv.com
The court approved Resolution 010-26, which requests that the state grant counties specific powers to oversee large-scale industrial developments that are currently beyond local control.Angelina County commissioners vote to ask state for authority to regulate data centers Journalism · kltv.com
"If we can't get an abatement, if there's not going to be an abatement, then there are zero control that we have over these data centers."Angelina County commissioners vote to ask state for authority to regulate data centers Journalism · kltv.com
"You can always ask for a lot, but we tried to limit to what we thought we could get."Angelina County commissioners vote to ask state for authority to regulate data centers Journalism · kltv.com
"Just because it's rural East Texas and rural areas outside of a city, I don't think they should just have unfettered access to do whatever they want."Angelina County seeks greater authority over data center development Journalism · lufkindailynews.com
Questions about this decision
Answered from the record itself. Every answer is assembled from stored fields, so an answer the record has no basis for is left out rather than guessed.
What is this decision?
Angelina County Commissioners Court voted unanimously on July 14th, 2026 to adopt Resolution 010-26. It asks the Texas Legislature to grant counties specific powers over large scale industrial development that local government currently can't reach. The requests include buffer and setback rules, noise and heat attenuation standards, light pollution limits, water impact statements and public hearings. County Judge Keith Wright framed the problem plainly. Without an abatement the county has no control over a data center at all. He also said the ask was kept narrow on purpose because a broad one would fail. The resolution carries no force by itself and lands with a Legislature that is not in regular session.
Who decides it?
Angelina County Commissioners Court decides. The record names the deciding body for every entry it carries.
Can the public take part?
Angelina County posts Commissioners Court agendas, minutes and meeting videos on its Commissioners Court page. The court meets in the courtroom and annex at 211 East Shepherd Avenue in Lufkin. Judge Wright told residents every decision has to be made by the court in public.
Where in Texas does it apply?
It covers Angelina County in the Lufkin, TX area.
Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
What happens next?
No future date is on the record. The last dated step on it was ordered on July 14th.
When did it start?
The earliest date on its record is July 14th, 2026.
What kind of decision is it?
It is filed under data centers.
What sources back it?
Two sources back it.
Is it on the ERCOT grid?
Yes. It sits inside the ERCOT interconnection.
When was it last checked?
Every fact on it was last verified against its source on September 27th, 2026.
Cite this
Texas AI Docket, Angelina County Commissioners Court adopts Resolution 010-26 asking the Legislature for authority over data centers. Tracked since July 14th, 2026. Last verified September 27th, 2026. https://texasaidocket.com/item/tx-2026-0044/. Reuse permitted under CC BY 4.0 with attribution. The same entry is in the docket JSON as item tx-2026-0044.
Beat
Filed under Data centers, with every other decision on that beat.