Texas Regulatory Efficiency Office launches, opens up Regulation Evaluation Portal
AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott has officially launched the Texas Regulatory Efficiency Office, which is housed within the Office of the Governor. As part of that opening, the TREO website and Regulation Evaluation Portal is also open.
"The State of Texas operates at the speed of business, and this new Texas Regulatory Efficiency Office will ensure we continue to foster economic opportunity and protect individual liberty,” said Abbott. “By cutting red tape and rooting out unnecessary regulations, we will make state government more responsive and more efficient to serve the people and job creators of Texas.”
The website, which will grow and expand over time, according to a governor’s office media release, is intended to serve as a one-stop shop for updates on critical work that TREO will do to reduce regulatory burdens, eliminate unnecessary rules, and promote economic growth by making Texas more business-friendly.
As part of the website, the Regulation Evaluation Portal will collect user-submitted feedback and recommendations on potential government overregulation, which TREO will then review.
Jerome Greener will serve as director of the Texas Regulatory Efficiency Office.
In April, Abbott signed into law Senate Bill 14, establishing the Texas Regulatory Efficiency Office. The legislation directs TREO to help state agencies identify and repeal unnecessary or ineffective rules, determine the regulatory costs placed on the public, and issue best-practice guidelines for how agencies adopt new rules and perform required analyses, such as cost and employment impact statements.
