Bill Text: TX SJR9 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment to provide for review or approval of state agency rules by the elected members of the legislature.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-02 - Referred to Business & Commerce [SJR9 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SJR9-Introduced.html
| 84R183 CJC-D | ||
| By: Taylor, Van | S.J.R. No. 9 | |
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| proposing a constitutional amendment to provide for review or | ||
| approval of state agency rules by the elected members of the | ||
| legislature. | ||
| 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) Only an elected member of the legislature may | ||
| participate in the review or approval described by this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
| submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 3, 2015. | ||
| The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | ||
| proposition: "The constitutional amendment to provide for review | ||
| or approval of state agency rules by the elected members of the | ||
| legislature." | ||
