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...a weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the
notice bulletin of state agency rulemaking. The Texas Register
contains emergency, proposed, and adopted rules; notices of withdrawn
and repealed rules; notices of rule review and other information
submitted by state agencies for publication.
Established by the Texas Legislature in 1975, the Texas Register
serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information
published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted,
withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review
of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions,
and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. These
rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative
Code, also maintained by the Office of the Secretary of State.
Publication of the Texas Register began in January, 1976.
Demand for rules in electronic format prompted the release of the
Texas Register on diskettes in 1991, and later through a
dial-up electronic bulletin board. The Texas Register was
made available through the Secretary of State's web site beginning
in January, 1996 as directed by HB 2304 (74th Legislature). The
Texas Register was made available first in a "plain text"
version and is now available in both .html and Adobe Acrobat (.pdf)
format.
Senate Bill 1177 (75th Legislature) decreased the publication frequency
of the Texas Register from twice-weekly (Tuesdays and Fridays)
to weekly (Fridays only). This change went into effect in September,
1997.
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