89th Legislature, Regular Session
SB 944
Relating to judicial deference regarding an interpretation of law by a state agency.
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89R8573 RDS-F By: Hughes S.B. No. 944 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to judicial deference regarding an interpretation of law by a state agency. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 311, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 311.0231 to read as follows: Sec. 311.0231. PROHIBITED DEFERENCE TO AGENCY CONSTRUCTION. Notwithstanding Section 311.023 or any other law, a court is not required to give deference to any construction of a statute by the state agency responsible for the statute's