Put This Bill On Your Radar: Legislative Approval of Rule Making

SJR 9 by Van Taylor would move the ball toward legislative approval of rule making.

Sound far fetched? It’s not.  Other states are doing it:

• 59 % of Arkansas Voters approved it this past November. 
• Utah does it. 
• Idaho tried. 50.59% of voters opposed it. 

A quick, non-exhaustive, list of contentious Texas rule making issues:

• The Railroad Commission common carrier rule making, which is a fight over eminent domain.
• Any urban-rural water rule making action.