| 1 | 1 | | 88R13997 CJC-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Hayes H.B. No. 4654 |
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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 providing for a reduction in the total number of state |
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| 8 | 8 | | agency rules. |
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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. Subchapter A, Chapter 2001, Government Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Section 2001.008 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 2001.008. REQUIREMENT TO REDUCE NUMBER OF RULES. (a) |
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| 13 | 13 | | Not later than January 1, 2024, each state agency shall determine |
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| 14 | 14 | | the total number of rules adopted by the agency under this chapter |
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| 15 | 15 | | or other law that are in effect on that date and post that number in |
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| 16 | 16 | | a conspicuous location on the agency's Internet website, along with |
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| 17 | 17 | | an explanation that the number represents the current total number |
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| 18 | 18 | | of rules of that agency. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (b) Any person may challenge the number of rules determined |
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| 20 | 20 | | by a state agency under Subsection (a) by providing written notice |
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| 21 | 21 | | of the challenge to the agency not later than March 1, 2024. |
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| 22 | 22 | | (c) Not later than April 1, 2024, a state agency that |
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| 23 | 23 | | receives written notice of a challenge under Subsection (b) shall: |
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| 24 | 24 | | (1) approve the challenge and adjust the posting |
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| 25 | 25 | | required under Subsection (a) to reflect the correct number of |
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| 26 | 26 | | rules; or |
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| 27 | 27 | | (2) disapprove the challenge and forward the written |
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| 28 | 28 | | notice to the standing committee of each house of the legislature |
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| 29 | 29 | | with primary jurisdiction over the agency. |
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| 30 | 30 | | (d) Not later than June 1, 2024, a standing committee to |
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| 31 | 31 | | which a challenge is forwarded under Subsection (c) shall: |
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| 32 | 32 | | (1) approve the challenge and order the state agency |
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| 33 | 33 | | to which the challenge relates to adjust the posting required under |
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| 34 | 34 | | Subsection (a) to reflect the correct number of rules; or |
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| 35 | 35 | | (2) disapprove the challenge and affirm the number of |
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| 36 | 36 | | rules posted by the agency under Subsection (a). |
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| 37 | 37 | | (e) Not later than August 1, 2024, each state agency shall |
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| 38 | 38 | | identify a number of rules equal to 10 percent of the number of |
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| 39 | 39 | | rules posted by the agency under Subsection (a) that the agency will |
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| 40 | 40 | | repeal. |
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| 41 | 41 | | (f) Not later than October 1, 2024, each state agency shall |
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| 42 | 42 | | repeal the rules identified by the agency under Subsection (e). |
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| 43 | 43 | | (g) This section expires December 31, 2024. |
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| 44 | 44 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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