89R848 RDS-D
By: Parker, et al. S.B. No. 1045
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the requirement that a state agency grant an
opportunity for a public hearing before adopting certain rules.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2001.029(b), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) A state agency shall grant an opportunity for a public
hearing before it adopts a substantive rule if a public hearing is
requested by:
(1) at least 10 [25] persons;
(2) a governmental subdivision or agency; [or]
(3) the lieutenant governor or a member of the
legislature; or
(4) an association having at least 10 [25] members.
SECTION 2. Section 2001.029(b), Government Code, as amended
by this Act, applies only to a rule proposed by a state agency on or
after the effective date of this Act. A rule proposed before the
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect
immediately before that date, and the former law is continued in
effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.