87(R) SB 150 - Introduced version - Bill Text

	87R1426 CJC-D
	By:  Powell	S.B.  No.  150

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the procedure for adoption by a state agency of rules
	that may have an adverse economic effect on small businesses,
	micro-businesses, and rural communities.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION  1.    Section 2006.002, Government Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
	(h)    If a state agency is made aware that a proposed rule may
	have an adverse economic effect on small businesses,
	micro-businesses, or rural communities, as applicable, after
	notice of the proposed rule has been published, the agency shall:
	(1)    prepare an economic impact statement and a
	regulatory flexibility analysis as required under Subsections (c)
	and (c-1);
	(2)    publish the statement and the analysis in the
	Texas Register as an amendment to the proposed rule; and
	(3)    provide a copy of the statement and the analysis to
	the standing committee of each house of the legislature charged
	with reviewing the proposed rule.
	SECTION  2.    The changes in law made by this Act to Section
	2006.002, Government Code, apply only to a rule proposed by a state
	agency on or after the effective date of this Act. A rule proposed
	by a state agency before the effective date of this Act is governed
	by the law in effect on the date the rule was proposed, and the
	former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION  3.    This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.