Tex. Occ. Code § 651.1525 · Subchapter D. COMMISSION POWERS AND DUTIES
EARLY PARTICIPATION IN RULEMAKING PROCESS; GUIDELINES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Before publishing a proposed rule for public comment, the commission shall seek advice and opinions from persons who will be most affected by the rule. At a minimum, those persons must include consumer groups and trade associations that represent persons from each group regulated by the commission, including funeral directors and crematory operators.
(b) The commission shall develop guidelines to implement this section. The guidelines must establish a method to determine who will be most affected by a proposed rule.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 562, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 124 (H.B. 1540), Sec. 13, eff. September 1, 2019.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.651.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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