By: Duncan S.B. No. 791
(In the Senate - Filed February 18, 2011; March 1, 2011,
read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
March 16, 2011, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; March 16, 2011,
sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 791 By: Duncan
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to electronic notification of certain state officials and
agencies of certain rules and rulemaking filings.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 22.004, Government Code,
is amended to read as follows:
(b) The supreme court from time to time may promulgate a
specific rule or rules of civil procedure, or an amendment or
amendments to a specific rule or rules, to be effective at the time
the supreme court deems expedient in the interest of a proper
administration of justice. The rules and amendments to rules
remain in effect unless and until disapproved by the legislature.
The clerk of the supreme court shall file with the secretary of
state the rules or amendments to rules promulgated by the supreme
court under this subsection and shall mail a copy of those rules or
amendments to rules to each registered member of the State Bar of
Texas not later than the 60th day before the date on which they
become effective. On receiving a written request from a member of
the legislature, the [The] secretary of state shall provide the
member with electronic notifications when the supreme court has
promulgated rules or amendments to rules under this section [report
the rules or amendments to rules to the next regular session of the
legislature by mailing a copy of the rules or amendments to rules to
each elected member of the legislature on or before December 1
immediately preceding the session].
SECTION 2. Subsection (b), Section 2001.032, Government
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(b) On receiving a written request from the lieutenant
governor, a member of the legislature, or a legislative agency, the
secretary of state shall provide the requestor with electronic
notification of rulemaking filings by a state agency [A state
agency shall deliver to the lieutenant governor and the speaker of
the house of representatives a copy of the notice of a proposed rule
when the agency files notice with the secretary of state] under
Section 2001.023.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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