Bill Text: TX HJR84 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for legislative review or approval of state agency rules.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-03 - Left pending in committee [HJR84 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HJR84-Introduced.html
85R499 CJC-D | ||
By: Swanson | H.J.R. No. 84 |
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proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature | ||
to provide for legislative review or approval of state agency | ||
rules. | ||
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Article II, Texas Constitution, is amended by | ||
adding Section 2 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 2. (a) The legislature by general law may provide for | ||
legislative review or approval of rules adopted by agencies in the | ||
executive department. | ||
(b) The law may: | ||
(1) prescribe procedures regarding rules; | ||
(2) prescribe conditions for rules to take effect; | ||
(3) provide for suspension, repeal, or expiration of | ||
rules; or | ||
(4) delegate powers to either legislative house, | ||
including committees in those houses. | ||
(c) A general law enacted under this section must provide | ||
that only an elected member of the legislature may participate in | ||
the approval of rules adopted by agencies in the executive | ||
department. | ||
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2017. | ||
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | ||
proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the | ||
legislature to provide for legislative review or approval of state | ||
agency rules." |