Tex. Government Code § 325.022
This is the official text of Tex. Government Code § 325.022, part of Texas’s Government Code — covers the structure and operation of Texas state and local government.
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§ 325.022. REVIEW OF PROPOSED LEGISLATION CREATING AN AGENCY.
Official statutory text
(a) Each bill filed in a house of the legislature that would create a new state agency or a new advisory committee to a state agency shall be reviewed by the commission.
(b) The commission shall review the bill to determine if:
(1) the proposed functions of the agency or committee could be administered by one or more existing state agencies or advisory committees;
(2) the form of regulation, if any, proposed by the bill is the least restrictive form of regulation that will adequately protect the public;
(3) the bill provides for adequate public input regarding any regulatory function proposed by the bill; and
(4) the bill provides for adequate protection against conflicts of interest within the agency or committee.
(c) On request, the commission shall forward a written comment on the legislation to the author of the bill and to the presiding officer of the committee to which the bill is referred.
(b) The commission shall review the bill to determine if:
(1) the proposed functions of the agency or committee could be administered by one or more existing state agencies or advisory committees;
(2) the form of regulation, if any, proposed by the bill is the least restrictive form of regulation that will adequately protect the public;
(3) the bill provides for adequate public input regarding any regulatory function proposed by the bill; and
(4) the bill provides for adequate protection against conflicts of interest within the agency or committee.
(c) On request, the commission shall forward a written comment on the legislation to the author of the bill and to the presiding officer of the committee to which the bill is referred.
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