Amend HB 1290 (house committee report) as follows:
(1) On page 1, line 10, strike "(c)" and substitute "(h)".
(2) On page 1, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following:
(c) Before a proposed rule subject to this section is first published or adopted, a state agency must prepare for the proposed rule a proposed rule reduction statement.
(d) The proposed rule reduction statement must:
(1) describe the rule proposed to be added and the rule proposed to be repealed;
(2) reasonably describe, with respect to the first five years the proposed rule would be in effect, whether:
(A) the proposed rule creates or eliminates a governmental program;
(B) implementation of the proposed rule requires the creation of additional employee positions or the elimination of existing employee positions;
(C) implementation of the proposed rule requires an increase or decrease in future legislative appropriations to the state agency;
(D) the proposed rules requires an increase or decrease in fees paid to the state agency;
(E) the proposed rule expands, limits, or repeals another existing rule;
(F) the proposed rule increases or decreases the number of individuals subject to the rule's applicability; and
(G) the proposed rule positively or adversely affects this state's economy; and
(3) to the extent applicable, reasonably describe, with respect to the repealed rule, the information required under Subdivision (2).
(e) The comptroller shall adopt rules necessary to implement this section. The rules must require that the statement required under Subsection (d) be in plain language. The comptroller may prescribe a chart for use by a state agency in disclosing the information required under that subsection.
(f) A state agency's failure to comply with the requirements of Subsection (d) does not affect the legal status of a rule adopted under this chapter.
(g) This section applies to the adoption of an emergency rule.
(3) On page 1, line 14, strike "(c)" and substitute "(h)".
(4) On page 1, strike lines 19-24, substitute the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS, and renumber the SECTIONS of the bill accordingly.
SECTION ____. Not later than October 1, 2017, the comptroller shall adopt the rules required under Section 2001.0045, Government Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION ____. Section 2001.0045, Government Code, as added by this Act, applies only to a rule proposed by a state agency on or after November 1, 2017. A rule proposed by a state agency before that date is governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.