By Martin H.B. No. 1196
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to a review and analysis of the process by which agencies
1-3 issue permits.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 481.123, Government Code is amended to
1-6 read as follows:
1-7 Section 481.123. Duties
1-8 The office shall:
1-9 (1) provide comprehensive information on permits required
1-10 for business enterprises in the state and make that information
1-11 available to applicants and other persons;
1-12 (2) assist applicants in obtaining timely and efficient
1-13 permit review and in resolving issues arising from the review;
1-14 (3) facilitate contacts between applicants and state
1-15 agencies responsible for processing and reviewing permit
1-16 applications;
1-17 (4) assist applicants in the resolution of outstanding
1-18 issues identified by state agencies, including delays experienced
1-19 in permit review;
1-20 (5) develop comprehensive application procedures to expedite
1-21 the permit process;
1-22 (6) compile a comprehensive list of all permits required of
1-23 a person desiring to establish, operate, or expand a business
2-1 enterprise in the state;
2-2 (7) encourage and facilitate the participation of federal
2-3 and local government agencies in permit coordination;
2-4 (8) make recommendations for eliminating, consolidating,
2-5 simplifying, expediting, or otherwise improving permit procedures
2-6 affecting business enterprises, by initiating a business permit
2-7 re-engineering review process involving all state agencies;
2-8 (9) develop and implement an outreach program to publicize
2-9 and make small business entrepreneurs and others aware of services
2-10 provided by the office; <and>
2-11 (10) adopt rules, procedures, instructions, and forms
2-12 required to carry out the functions, powers, and duties of the
2-13 office under this subchapter; and
2-14 (11) complete the implementation of the above enumerated
2-15 business permit review process on or before September 1, 1994 and
2-16 provide all recommended statutory changes as needed to the Texas
2-17 Legislature on or before January 1, 1995.
2-18 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
2-19 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-20 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-21 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-22 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-23 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
2-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1
2-25 Amend H.B. 1196 as follows:
3-1 On Page 1, Line 21 strike the word "initiating" and add the
3-2 following:
3-3 requesting that the State Auditor, with the advice and
3-4 support of the department, initiate
3-5 Eckels