86R14106 MAW-D
By: Paddie H.B. No. 4111
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a written statement regarding certain rules adopted by
a state agency that issues an occupational license.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 2001, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 2001.042 to read as follows:
Sec. 2001.042. WRITTEN STATEMENT REGARDING CERTAIN RULES.
A state agency that issues an occupational license shall make
available on its Internet website a written statement regarding
each rule adopted by the agency. The statement must identify the
particular health and safety or welfare related reason for which
the rule was adopted.
SECTION 2. Section 2001.042, Government Code, as added by
this Act, applies only to a rule adopted by a state agency on or
after the effective date of this Act. A rule adopted before the
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
date the rule was adopted, and the former law is continued in effect
for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.