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Texas Government Code - GOV'T § 325.016. Limited Review of Certain Regulatory Agencies

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) In the commission's recommendations to the legislature under Section 325.012, the commission may recommend that a limited review of a regulatory agency be conducted prior to the regulatory agency's next sunset review.

(b) If the commission's recommendations to the legislature under Section 325.012 include any identified deficiencies or recommendations for improvement in the regulatory agency's rulemaking process, the commission shall recommend that a limited review of a regulatory agency be conducted prior to the next sunset review.

(c) For the commission's recommendation for a limited review to take effect, the legislature must include the recommendation in its legislation for the regulatory agency under Section 325.012(c).  Such review shall be limited to:

(1) an assessment of the regulatory agency's rulemaking process and the extent to which the regulatory agency has encouraged participation by the public in making its rules and decisions and the extent to which the public participation has resulted in rules that benefit the public;

(2) the extent to which the regulatory agency adopts and enforces rules relating to potential conflicts of interest of its employees;

(3) an assessment of the regulatory agency's efforts to identify rules that are unnecessary, ineffective, or inefficient;

(4) any commission recommendations under Section 325.012(a)(3) that the legislature adopted in the legislation for the regulatory agency under Section 325.012(c);  and

(5) any additional rulemaking-related recommendations adopted by the legislature and included in the legislation for the regulatory agency under Section 325.012(c).

(d) The regulatory agency shall report to the commission its progress on addressing the items described in Subsection (c) not later than September 1 of the odd-numbered year specified by the legislature in its legislation for the regulatory agency under Section 325.012(c).

(e) Not later than January 1 of the odd-numbered year after the date the regulatory agency report is due under Subsection (d), the commission shall prepare a written report on the commission's review under this section.

(f) The report prepared by the commission under this section is a public record.

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