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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an emergency rule adopted by a state agency during |
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certain periods of disaster. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 2001.034, Government Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (c-1) to read as |
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follows: |
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(c) Except as provided by Subsection (c-1), a [A] rule |
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adopted under this section may be effective for not longer than 120 |
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days and may be renewed once for not longer than 60 days. An |
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identical rule may be adopted under Sections 2001.023 and 2001.029. |
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(c-1) This subsection applies only to an emergency rule |
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adopted during a period in which at least 75 percent of the counties |
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in this state are declared to be in a state of disaster or emergency |
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by the governor. An emergency rule to which this subsection applies |
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may be effective for not longer than 30 days and may be renewed for |
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not longer than 60 days. The renewal must be approved by majority |
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vote at a joint hearing of the standing committees of each house of |
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the legislature with primary jurisdiction over the state agency |
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seeking to renew the emergency rule. |
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SECTION 2. Section 2001.034(c-1), Government Code, as added |
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by this Act, applies only to an emergency rule that is adopted by a |
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state agency on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |