[Fiscal Notes] [Fiscal Notes] Occupational Licensing: How Much Is Too Much?

Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts sent this bulletin at 11/21/2019 04:41 PM CST

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Occupational Licensing in Texas

In the November edition of Fiscal Notes, released recently, the Comptroller’s office looks at occupational licensing in Texas. Despite the state’s reputation for business friendliness, some of Texas’ licensing requirements have been seen as unnecessarily burdensome, leading the Legislature to abolish many license types and ease requirements for others.

In this issue, we also take a look at the expanding world of government transparency — the move toward offering free access, via the internet, to federal, state and local government data that can be highly valuable both to private businesses and communities. Companies are mining such data for key insights into consumer behavior, while local governments use the data to develop strategies for economic development, fine-tune regulatory systems and further many other public purposes.

If you enjoy reading Fiscal Notes, you may be interested in the Comptroller’s new podcast, Capital Interest. Each episode provides an inside perspective on issues affecting Texans and the economy. The first episode discussing the 86th Legislative session is available now.

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