Bill Text: TX HJR149 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for legislative review or approval of state agency rules.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-26 - Referred to State Affairs [HJR149 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HJR149-Introduced.html

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86R1696 CJC-D
By: Toth H.J.R. No. 149

A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature
to provide for legislative review or approval of state agency
rules.
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) A general law enacted under this section must provide
that only an elected member of the legislature may participate in
the approval of rules adopted by agencies in the executive
department.
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 5, 2019.
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the
legislature to provide for legislative review or approval of state
agency rules."