Tex. Occ. Code § 1201.054 · Subchapter B. DEPARTMENT POWERS AND DUTIES
PROCEDURE FOR ADOPTING RULES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Rules must be adopted in accordance with Chapter 2001, Government Code, and with this section.
(b) If requested, the board shall, after at least 10 days' notice, hold a hearing on any rule that it proposes to adopt, other than a rule that is to be adopted under emergency rulemaking, in which case only the requirements of Chapter 2001, Government Code, shall apply.
(c) A rule takes effect on the 30th day after the date of publication of notice that the rule has been adopted, except that a rule relating to installation standards may not take effect earlier than the 60th day after the date of publication of notice unless the board has determined that an earlier effective date is required to meet an emergency and the standard was adopted under the emergency rulemaking provisions of Chapter 2001, Government Code.
(d) To maintain affordability of manufactured homes in this state, the board shall:
(1) conduct a cost benefit analysis for any rule, process, or policy change that will increase a fee or another incurred cost by more than $50 for license holders or consumers; and
(2) present at the next board meeting an analysis detailing whether the need for the rule, process, or policy change justifies the increase.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 2, eff. June 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 863 (H.B. 1460), Sec. 4, eff. January 1, 2008.
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 408 (H.B. 2019), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2017.
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