By Hochberg H.B. No. 386 74R2151 MJW-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the adoption of certain emergency rules under the 1-3 Administrative Procedure Act. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 2001.034, Government Code, is amended by 1-6 adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: 1-7 (e) In this section, "requirement of state law" means a 1-8 state statute that specifically refers to this section and 1-9 expressly requires a state agency to adopt an emergency rule. 1-10 SECTION 2. Section 2001.034(e), Government Code, as added by 1-11 this Act, applies only to an emergency rule adopted on or after the 1-12 effective date of this Act. An emergency rule adopted before that 1-13 date is governed by the law in effect at the time of the rule's 1-14 adoption, and the former law is continued in effect for that 1-15 purpose. 1-16 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-17 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-18 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-19 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-20 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.