Bill Text: TX SJR9 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment to provide for review or approval of state agency rules by the elected members of the legislature.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-02 - Referred to Business & Commerce [SJR9 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SJR9-Introduced.html
84R183 CJC-D | ||
By: Taylor, Van | S.J.R. No. 9 |
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proposing a constitutional amendment to provide for review or | ||
approval of state agency rules by the elected members of the | ||
legislature. | ||
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Article II, Texas Constitution, is amended by | ||
adding Section 2 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 2. (a) The legislature by general law may provide for | ||
legislative review or approval of rules adopted by agencies in the | ||
executive department. | ||
(b) The law may: | ||
(1) prescribe procedures regarding rules; | ||
(2) prescribe conditions for rules to take effect; | ||
(3) provide for suspension, repeal, or expiration of | ||
rules; or | ||
(4) delegate powers to either legislative house, | ||
including committees in those houses. | ||
(c) Only an elected member of the legislature may | ||
participate in the review or approval described by this section. | ||
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 3, 2015. | ||
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | ||
proposition: "The constitutional amendment to provide for review | ||
or approval of state agency rules by the elected members of the | ||
legislature." |