Texas SB1479 amends the duration and process for adopting and renewing state agency emergency rules.

Texas SB1479 amends the duration and process for adopting and renewing state agency emergency rules. The bill specifies that a state agency may adopt an emergency rule only during a period in which a state of emergency declaration or disaster declaration issued by the governor is in effect. An emergency rule may be adopted without prior notice or hearing, or with an abbreviated notice and a hearing that the agency finds practicable, provided that the agency finds that an imminent peril to the public health, safety, or welfare, or a requirement of state or federal law, requires adoption of a.

Texas SB1479 amends the duration and process for adopting and renewing state agency emergency rules.

Texas SB1479 amends the duration and process for adopting and renewing state agency emergency rules. The bill specifies that a state agency may adopt an emergency rule only during a period in which a state of emergency declaration or disaster declaration issued by the governor is in effect. An emergency rule may be adopted without prior notice or hearing, or with an abbreviated notice and a hearing that the agency finds practicable, provided that the agency finds that an imminent peril to the public health, safety, or welfare, or a requirement of state or federal law, requires adoption of a.