Bill Text: TX SJR48 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment to require a member of the legislature to obtain and file a report on the costs and benefits of a bill or amendment to impose or increase an occupational regulation.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-02 - Left pending in committee [SJR48 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-SJR48-Introduced.html

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83R9585 BEF-F
By: Carona S.J.R. No. 48

A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment to require a member of the
legislature to obtain and file a report on the costs and benefits of
a bill or amendment to impose or increase an occupational
regulation.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article III, Texas Constitution, is amended by
adding Section 30a to read as follows:
Sec. 30a. (a) A member of the legislature may not introduce
a bill or offer an amendment to a bill, including an amendment in
the form of a complete substitute for the bill, that requires an
individual or entity to obtain a license or imposes a similar
prerequisite to practice or perform an occupation or profession
that applies statewide, increases the requirements to obtain a
license or satisfy a similar prerequisite to practice or perform an
occupation or profession that applies statewide, or imposes another
form of regulation on the practice or performance of an occupation
or profession that applies statewide unless the member:
(1) obtains an evaluation of and report on the costs
and benefits of the regulation proposed by the bill or amendment
from a state agency as provided by law; and
(2) files a copy of the report described by
Subdivision (1) of this subsection with the bill or amendment.
(b) Any member of the legislature may offer an amendment to
a bill or amendment introduced or offered under Subsection (a) of
this section, including an amendment in the form of a complete
substitute for the bill or amendment, if the amendment:
(1) does not substantially change the substance of the
regulation in the bill or amendment to which the amendment is
offered; or
(2) complies with the requirements of Subsection (a)
of this section.
(c) A law may not be held void on the basis that a member of
the legislature failed to comply with this section or that a bill or
amendment failed to meet the requirements of this section during
its passage through the legislature.
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 5, 2013.
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment requiring a member of
the legislature to obtain and file a report on the costs and
benefits of a bill or amendment to impose or increase an
occupational regulation."