What is the greatest advantage a community will enjoy after being designated a home rule municipality by the state legislature? The home rule municipality can pass an ordinance that designates a percentage of state sales taxes for municipal use.
That community is then viewed as a corporation with the power to create a city charter, elect officers (council), hire employees, and
contract with other corporations or individuals to perform critical tasks (such as constructing roads and sewers, providing electricity to
street lamps and signals, maintaining new sewer lines, and other services).
The community is then on an equal legal footing with the state and has the ability to veto any laws passed by the state legislature that may
be contrary to the interests of the municipality
Community members have the ability to give their community
a name and zip code.