Governor Greg Abbott announced today that the Texas Regulatory Efficiency Office (TREO) has officially launched. The office will be housed within the Office of the Governor. Both the TREO website and the Regulation Evaluation Portal have opened.
On the website, Texans can use the Regulation Evaluation Portal to submit feedback and make recommendations on potential regulations that TREO needs to take a look at.
In April, Governor 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.
Earlier this month, Governor Abbott named Jerome Greener as Director of the Texas Regulatory Efficiency Office.
