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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