TITLE: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for legislative review and approval of state agency rules.

SUMMARY: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for legislative review and approval of state agency rules.

FULL TEXT:
88(R) SJR 57-Introduced version-Bill Text 88R9303 CJC-D By: Parker S.J.R. No. 57 A JOINT RESOLUTION proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for legislative review and 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. The legislature may prescribe a process for the legislative review of rules adopted by agencies in the executive department for the purpose of ensuring that each agency rule is consistent with the intent of the legislature in enacting the statute the rule is adopted to implement, interpret, or prescribe. The process prescribed by the legislature may provide the manner by which the legislative review is conducted, and may allow for the approval or rejection by the legislature of all or any part of an adopted rule. Notwithstanding Sections 14 and 15, Article IV, of this constitution, or any other law, the approval or rejection of all or any part of an adopted rule by the legislature is not subject to disapproval by the governor. SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2023. The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for legislative review and approval of state agency rules."