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This bill establishes the Texas Regulatory Efficiency Office within the governor's office to improve the state's rulemaking processes and reduce regulatory burdens. The office will have several key responsibilities, including identifying opportunities to implement efficiencies in how state agencies adopt rules, help agencies identify unnecessary or ineffective regulations, and coordinate efforts to reduce regulatory requirements. The bill creates a Texas Regulatory Efficiency Advisory Panel to assist in these efforts and requires the office to prepare a regulatory economic analysis manual and a regulatory reduction guide, both written in plain language. Additionally, the bill reforms judicial review of state agency rules by removing mandatory deference to agency legal interpretations, allowing courts to review legal questions independently while still considering reasonable agency interpretations. The bill also requires proposed rules to be written in plain language and more clearly explain their potential economic impacts, and it mandates the creation of an interactive website to help the public search and understand state agency rules more easily. The changes will apply to rules proposed and legal proceedings initiated after the bill's effective date, which occurs either immediately with a two-thirds legislative vote or on September 1, 2025, if that threshold is not met.

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https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=89R&Bill=HB10