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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the procedure for adoption by a state agency of rules |
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that may have an adverse economic effect on small businesses, |
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micro-businesses, and rural communities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 2006.002, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (h) to read as follows: |
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(h) If a state agency is made aware that a proposed rule may |
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have an adverse economic effect on small businesses, |
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micro-businesses, or rural communities, as applicable, after |
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notice of the proposed rule has been published, the agency shall: |
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(1) prepare an economic impact statement and a |
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regulatory flexibility analysis as required under Subsections (c) |
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and (c-1); |
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(2) publish the statement and the analysis in the |
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Texas Register as an amendment to the proposed rule; and |
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(3) provide a copy of the statement and the analysis to |
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the standing committee of each house of the legislature charged |
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with reviewing the proposed rule. |
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SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act to Section |
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2006.002, Government Code, apply only to a rule proposed by a state |
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agency on or after the effective date of this Act. A rule proposed |
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by a state agency before the effective date of this Act is governed |
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by the law in effect on the date the rule was proposed, and the |
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former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |