By: Ellis S.B. No. 1798
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
1-1 relating to agency rules affecting micro-businesses.
1-2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-3 SECTION 1. Section 2006.001, Government Code, is amended to
1-4 read as follows:
1-5 Sec. 2006.001. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:
1-6 (1) "Micro-business" means a legal entity, including a
1-7 corporation, partnership, or sole proprietorship, that:
1-8 (A) is formed for the purpose of making a
1-9 profit;
1-10 (B) is independently owned and operated; and
1-11 (C) has not more than 20 employees.
1-12 (2) "Small business" means a legal entity, including a
1-13 corporation, partnership, or sole proprietorship, that:
1-14 (A) is formed for the purpose of making a
1-15 profit;
1-16 (B) is independently owned and operated; and
1-17 (C) has fewer than 100 employees or less than $1
1-18 million in annual gross receipts.
1-19 (3) [(2)] "State agency" means a department, board,
1-20 bureau, commission, division, office, council, or other agency of
1-21 the state.
1-22 SECTION 2. Sections 2006.002(a) and (f), Government Code,
2-1 are amended to read as follows:
2-2 (a) A state agency considering adoption of a rule that would
2-3 have an adverse economic effect on small businesses or
2-4 micro-businesses shall reduce that effect if doing so is legal and
2-5 feasible considering the purpose of the statute under which the
2-6 rule is to be adopted.
2-7 (f) To reduce an adverse effect of rules on
2-8 micro-businesses, a state agency shall [may] adopt provisions
2-9 concerning micro-businesses that are uniform with [similar to]
2-10 those outlined in Subsections (b)-(d) [Subsection (b)] for small
2-11 business.
2-12 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
2-13 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
2-14 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-15 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-16 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-17 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.