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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the enforcement and regulation of laws by state |
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agencies. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subtitle C, Title 10, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Chapter 2115 to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 2115. ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS BY STATE AGENCIES. |
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Sec. 2115.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "state agency" |
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means an agency, department, institution, commission, or other |
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entity in the executive branch of state government. |
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Sec. 2115.002. REQUIREMENT. A state agency shall enforce |
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the laws enacted by the legislature, eliminating any identifiable |
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agency inefficiencies, for the regulation of business transactions |
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by persons under the jurisdiction of the agency regarding the sale |
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at wholesale or retail of goods produced or imported into this |
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state, including promotional activities pre-dating the sale, to |
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vendors who sell or otherwise dispense the goods to ultimate |
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consumer. The enforcement shall include any regulation by law of |
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the sale, rental, or other use of equipment to be used in delivering |
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the good to ultimate consumer. This chapter may be limited to |
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business transactions for which the legislature determines, or has |
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determined, that the state has an abiding public interest. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |