Comptroller of Public Accounts
Legal Banking Holidays
The Texas Tax Code, Annotated §111.053(b) requires that, before January
1 of each year, the Comptroller of Public Accounts publish a list of the
legal holidays for banking purposes for that year. Pursuant to Federal Reserve
Bank of Dallas Notice 96-73, dated August 9, 1996, the Federal Reserve Bank
of Dallas and its offices at El Paso, Houston, and San Antonio will observe
the following holidays for calendar year 1997 and will not be open on the
dates indicated below. Banks operating in Texas may, but are not required
to close on these dates:
Saturday and Sundays
Wednesday, January 1, New Year's Day
Monday, January 20, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Monday, February 17, Presidents Day
Monday, May 26, Memorial Day
Friday, July 4, Independence Day
Monday, September 1, Labor Day
Monday, October 13, Columbus Day
Tuesday, November 11, Veterans Day
Thursday, November 27, Thanksgiving Day
Thursday, December 25, Christmas Day
Issued in Austin, Texas, on December 30, 1996.
TRD-9618679
Arthur F. Lorton
Senior Legal Counsel
Comptroller of Public Accounts
Filed: December 30, 1996
Notice of Rate Ceiling
The Consumer Credit Commissioner of Texas has ascertained the following
rate ceilings by use of the formulas and methods described in Title 79, Texas
Civil Statutes, Article 1.04, as amended (Texas Civil Statutes, Article 5069-1.04).
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Issued in Austin, Texas, on December 23, 1996.
TRD-9618678
Leslie L. Pettijohn
Commissioner
Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner
Filed: December 30, 1996
Notice of Consultant Contract Award
The Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (TNRCC) furnishes this
notice of a consulting services contract for assessing the information needs
of environmental stakeholders.
Description of Contract.
The consultant will:
define the groups interested in the computers and electronics industry; design
data-gathering strategies for these groups; develop data-gathering tools;
gather data; assist the TNRCC in additional data gathering; summarize and
evaluate the collected data; and document the process and results. Primary
funding for this contract is provided by the United States Environmental
Protection Agency.
Effective Date and Value of Contract.
The
contract dates are December 13, 1996 , through August 31, 1997. The total
cost of the contract is $95,000.
Deliverable Due Dates.
The deliverables are
due on the following schedule. All deliverables must be completed and approved
prior to the contract completion date, August 31, 1997.
Tasks and Schedule.
The tasks and the schedule
are as follows: 1. Work plan report-within three weeks of the contract execution
date; 2. Stakeholder group definition report-within three weeks of consultant
proposal request's (CPR) written work plan approval; 3. Data gathering strategy
for each stakeholder group-within six weeks of the CPR's work plan approval;
4. Data gathering tool for each stakeholder group-within ten weeks of the
CPR's work plan approval; 5. Implementation plan for data gathering activities-within
12 weeks of the CPR's work plan approval; Conduct data gathering-completed
no later than June 30, 1997; Letter summarizing and evaluating results-within
two weeks of completing data collection, if necessary; 6. Report summarizing
and evaluating results-within four weeks of concluding data gathering; no
later than August 31, 1997; 7. Submit files necessary to document each task
and raw data from data collection-within six weeks of concluding data gathering;
no later than August 31, 1997.
Name of the Contractor.
The consultant is
Gelb Consulting Group, Inc. The address for Gelb Consulting Group, Inc. is
3701 Kirby Drive, Houston, Texas, 77098.
Issued in Austin, Texas, on December 23,1996.
TRD-9618647
Kevin McCalla
Director, Legal Division
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
Filed: December 23, 1996
Office of the Consumer Credit Commissioner
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
Sam Houston State University