1-1 By: Solis (Senate Sponsor - Carona) H.B. No. 1872
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 9, 2001;
1-3 May 10, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on State
1-4 Affairs; May 11, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote:
1-5 Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 11, 2001, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to local employment impact statements required before a
1-9 state agency may adopt a rule.
1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11 SECTION 1. Section 2001.022, Government Code, is amended to
1-12 read as follows:
1-13 Sec. 2001.022. LOCAL EMPLOYMENT IMPACT STATEMENTS. (a) A
1-14 state agency shall determine whether a rule may affect a local
1-15 economy before proposing the rule for adoption. If a state agency
1-16 determines that a proposed rule may affect a local economy, the
1-17 agency [At the request of a state agency, the Texas Employment
1-18 Commission] shall prepare a local employment impact statement for
1-19 the [a] proposed rule. The impact statement must describe in
1-20 detail the probable effect of the rule on employment in each
1-21 geographic area affected by the rule for each year of the first
1-22 five years that the rule will be in effect and may include other
1-23 factors at the agency's [commission's] discretion.
1-24 (b) [A state agency shall determine whether a rule may
1-25 affect a local economy before proposing the rule for adoption. If
1-26 a state agency determines that a proposed rule may affect a local
1-27 economy, the agency shall submit to the commission a copy of the
1-28 proposed rule and other initial information that the commission
1-29 requires on a form prescribed by the commission.]
1-30 [(c) A state agency shall submit a proposed rule to the
1-31 commission under this section not later than the 30th day before
1-32 the date on which the agency files notice of the proposed rule with
1-33 the secretary of state.]
1-34 [(d) A state agency shall designate a liaison to furnish
1-35 information requested by the commission during preparation of a
1-36 local employment impact statement.]
1-37 [(e) The commission shall deliver the local employment
1-38 impact statement to a state agency not later than the 25th day
1-39 after the date on which the commission receives the proposed rule.
1-40 If the commission does not deliver the statement within this
1-41 period, the proposed rule is presumed not to affect local
1-42 employment.]
1-43 [(f) A local employment impact statement must show:]
1-44 [(1) the name and title of the commission employee or
1-45 officer responsible for preparing or approving it; and]
1-46 [(2) the name and title of the state agency liaison.]
1-47 [(g)] This section does not apply to the adoption of an
1-48 emergency rule.
1-49 (c) [(h)] Failure to comply with this section does not
1-50 impair the legal effect of a rule adopted under this chapter.
1-51 SECTION 2. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
1-52 (b) The change in law made by this Act applies only to a
1-53 rule proposed by a state agency on or after the effective date of
1-54 this Act.
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