27 cities in Texas (most of them in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area) were granted "home-rule municipality" status.  These cities already had 9-1-1 systems in place when House Bill 911 was passed.  They generally had specific fees to fund the 9-1-1 system and/or public safety in general and stood to lose that local revenue source if they opted to have their programs administered by regional plan or as an Emergency Communications District.

9-1-1 service fees in regional plans are set, collected and distributed by the state's Advisory Commission on State Emergency Communications and 9-1-1 service fees for Emergency Communications Districts are set, collected and budgeted solely by the Districts which are seperate governmental entities.