Bill Text: TX HB1896 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled

Texas House Bill 1896 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating to the applicability of the requirements relating to the adoption of a new state agency rule by the Parks and Wildlife Department.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB1896 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB1896-Enrolled.html



	H.B. No. 1896




	AN ACT
	relating to the applicability of the requirements relating to the
	adoption of a new state agency rule by the Parks and Wildlife
	Department.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 2001.0045(c), Government Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(c) This section does not apply to a rule that:
	(1) relates to state agency procurement;
	(2) is amended to:
	(A) reduce the burden or responsibilities
	imposed on regulated persons by the rule; or
	(B) decrease the persons' cost for compliance
	with the rule;
	(3) is adopted in response to a natural disaster;
	(4) is necessary to receive a source of federal funds
	or to comply with federal law;
	(5) is necessary to protect water resources of this
	state as authorized by the Water Code;
	(6) is necessary to protect the health, safety, and
	welfare of the residents of this state;
	(7) is adopted by the Department of Family and
	Protective Services, Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, Parks and
	Wildlife Department, Public Utility Commission of Texas, Texas
	Commission on Environmental Quality, or Texas Racing Commission;
	(8) is adopted by a self-directed semi-independent
	agency; or
	(9) is necessary to implement legislation, unless the
	legislature specifically states this section applies to the rule.
	SECTION 2. The change in law made 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 that date 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, 2019.


	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 1896 was passed by the House on April
	17, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 131, Nays 10, 2 present, not
	voting.

	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 1896 was passed by the Senate on May
	21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 3.

	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: _____________________
	Date

	_____________________
	Governor