| 1 | 1 | | 87R2661 CJC-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Landgraf H.B. No. 665 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to an emergency rule adopted by a state agency during |
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| 8 | 8 | | certain periods of disaster. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 2001.034, Government Code, is amended by |
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| 11 | 11 | | amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (c-1) to read as |
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| 12 | 12 | | follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (c) Except as provided by Subsection (c-1), a [A] rule |
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| 14 | 14 | | adopted under this section may be effective for not longer than 120 |
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| 15 | 15 | | days and may be renewed once for not longer than 60 days. An |
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| 16 | 16 | | identical rule may be adopted under Sections 2001.023 and 2001.029. |
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| 17 | 17 | | (c-1) This subsection applies only to an emergency rule |
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| 18 | 18 | | adopted during a period in which at least 75 percent of the counties |
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| 19 | 19 | | in this state are declared to be in a state of disaster or emergency |
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| 20 | 20 | | by the governor. An emergency rule to which this subsection applies |
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| 21 | 21 | | may be effective for not longer than 30 days and may be renewed for |
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| 22 | 22 | | not longer than 60 days. The renewal must be approved by majority |
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| 23 | 23 | | vote at a joint hearing of the standing committees of each house of |
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| 24 | 24 | | the legislature with primary jurisdiction over the state agency |
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| 25 | 25 | | seeking to renew the emergency rule. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 2. Section 2001.034(c-1), Government Code, as added |
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| 27 | 27 | | by this Act, applies only to an emergency rule that is adopted by a |
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| 28 | 28 | | state agency on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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