Bill Text: TX HB1016 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to status notifications provided by the Parks and Wildlife Department to a person who submits a rulemaking petition or accessibility complaint.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-02 - Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism [HB1016 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB1016-Introduced.html
| 88R4673 MP-D | ||
| By: Vasut | H.B. No. 1016 | |
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| relating to status notifications provided by the Parks and Wildlife | ||
| Department to a person who submits a rulemaking petition or | ||
| accessibility complaint. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 11, Parks and Wildlife | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 11.01645 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 11.01645. STATUS NOTIFICATIONS REGARDING PETITION FOR | ||
| ADOPTION OF RULES. (a) The department shall notify a person who | ||
| submits a petition under Section 2001.021, Government Code, of the | ||
| status of the petition at least once every 15 days until the | ||
| commission initiates a rulemaking proceeding under Section | ||
| 2001.021(c), Government Code, or the petition is denied. | ||
| (b) If the commission initiates a rulemaking proceeding | ||
| under Section 2001.021(c), Government Code, the department shall | ||
| notify the person described by Subsection (a) of the status of the | ||
| proceeding at least once every 15 days until a final rule is adopted | ||
| or a proposed rule is withdrawn in the proceeding. | ||
| (c) The notification requirements of this section are in | ||
| addition to any other notice requirements prescribed by commission | ||
| rules or other law. | ||
| SECTION 2. The heading to Section 11.0165, Parks and | ||
| Wildlife Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 11.0165. COMPLAINTS; STATUS NOTIFICATIONS. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 11.0165(c), Parks and Wildlife Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (c) Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, the | ||
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| the status of the complaint until final disposition unless the | ||
| notice would jeopardize an investigation. The department shall | ||
| notify a person who submits an accessibility complaint to the | ||
| department pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 | ||
| (42 U.S.C. Section 12101 et seq.) of the status of the complaint at | ||
| least once every 15 days until final disposition. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
