Bill Text: TX SB522 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the procedure for adoption by a state agency of rules that may have an adverse economic effect on small businesses and micro-businesses.

Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-23 - Co-author authorized [SB522 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-SB522-Introduced.html

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84R5344 TSR-D
By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 522

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the procedure for adoption by a state agency of rules
that may have an adverse economic effect on small businesses and
micro-businesses.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2006.002, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
(h) If a state agency is made aware that a proposed rule may
have an adverse economic effect on small businesses or
micro-businesses after notice of the proposed rule has been
published, the agency shall:
(1) prepare an economic impact statement and a
regulatory flexibility analysis as required under Subsections (c)
and (c-1);
(2) publish the statement and the analysis in the
Texas Register as an amendment to the proposed rule; and
(3) provide a copy of the statement and the analysis to
the standing committee of each house of the legislature charged
with reviewing the proposed rule.
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act to Section
2006.002, Government Code, apply only to a rule proposed by a state
agency on or after the effective date of this Act. A rule proposed
by a state agency before the effective date of this Act is governed
by the law in effect on the date the rule was proposed, and the
former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.