87R1426 CJC-D
 
  By: Powell S.B. No. 150
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the procedure for adoption by a state agency of rules
  that may have an adverse economic effect on small businesses,
  micro-businesses, and rural communities.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 2006.002, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
         (h)  If a state agency is made aware that a proposed rule may
  have an adverse economic effect on small businesses,
  micro-businesses, or rural communities, as applicable, after
  notice of the proposed rule has been published, the agency shall:
               (1)  prepare an economic impact statement and a
  regulatory flexibility analysis as required under Subsections (c)
  and (c-1);
               (2)  publish the statement and the analysis in the
  Texas Register as an amendment to the proposed rule; and
               (3)  provide a copy of the statement and the analysis to
  the standing committee of each house of the legislature charged
  with reviewing the proposed rule.
         SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act to Section
  2006.002, Government Code, apply only to a rule proposed by a state
  agency on or after the effective date of this Act. A rule proposed
  by a state agency before the effective date of this Act is governed
  by the law in effect on the date the rule was proposed, and the
  former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.