Proposed Rule Review
Comptroller of Public Accounts
Title 34, Part I
The Comptroller of Public Accounts proposes to review and consider for
readoption, revision, or repeal all sections of Texas Administrative Code,
Title 34, Part I, Chapter 5, Subchapter A (relating to Judiciary Department
Procedures), Subchapter B (relating to Claims Processing--Electronic Funds
Transfers), Subchapter C (relating to Claims Processing--Travel Vouchers),
Subchapter D (relating to Claims Processing--Payroll), Subchapter E (relating
to Claims Processing--Purchase Vouchers), Subchapter F (relating to Claims
Processing--General Requirements), Subchapter L (relating to Claims Processing--Duplicate
Warrants), Subchapter N (relating to Funds Accounting--Accounting Policy Statements)
and Subchapter O (relating to Uniform Statewide Accounting System). This review
and consideration is being conducted in accordance with Article IX, Section
167, of H. B. 1, 75th Texas Legislature. The review will include, at a minimum,
whether the reasons for adopting or readopting the rules continue to exist.
In accordance with the above referenced Section 167, the Comptroller will
accept comments regarding whether the reason for adopting or readopting each
of these rules continues to exist. The comment period will last for 30 days
beginning with the publication of this notice in the
Texas Register
.
Comments pertaining to this notice to review Subchapters A, B, C, D, E,
F, L, N, and O may be submitted to T. C. Mallett, Director, Fiscal Management,
P.O. Box 13528, Austin, Texas 78711-3528.
TRD-9904100
Martin Cherry
Special Counsel
Comptroller of Public Accounts
Filed: July 9, 1999
Texas Motor Vehicle Board, Texas Department of Transportation
Title 16, Part VI
The Texas Motor Vehicle Board of the Texas Department of Transportation
readopts 16 TAC Chapter 107, Warranty Performance Obligations, relating to
lemon law and warranty complaint procedures and hearings, pursuant to the
Appropriations Act of 1997, House Bill 1, Article IX, §167. Notice of
the proposed review was published in the February 12, 1999, issue of the
No comments were received related to the rule review requirement as to
whether the reason for adopting the rules continue to exist. As a result of
the review process, the Board will propose amendments to §§107.1-107.11
and the repeal of §107.12. The proposals will be published in the
These rules are adopted under the Texas Motor Vehicle Commission Code,
§3.06, which provides the Board with authority to adopt rules as necessary
and convenient to effectuate the provisions of the Act and to govern practice
and procedure before the agency.
TRD-9904093
Brett Bray
Division Director
Texas Motor Vehicle Board, Texas Department of Transportation
Filed: July 9, 1999
Title 22, Part XIV
The Texas Optometry Board has reviewed Title 22, 277, Practice and Procedure;
279, Interpretations; and 280, Therapeutic Optometry; pursuant to H.B. 1,
Article IX, Section 167, 75th Leg., R.S. (1997), and the review plan previously
filed by the agency. The agency reviewed for re-adoption the following rules:
§277.1. Complaint Procedures
§277.2. Disciplinary Proceedings
§277.3. Probation
§277.4. Reinstatement
§277.5. Felony Convictions
§277.6. Administrative Fines and Penalties
§279.1. Board Interpretation Number One
§279.2. Board Interpretation Number Two
§279.3. Board Interpretation Number Three
§279.4. Board Interpretation Number Four
§279.5. Board Interpretation Number Five
§279.6. Board Interpretation Number Six
§279.7. Board Interpretation Number Seven
§279.9. Board Interpretation Number Nine
§280.1. Application for Certification
§280.2. Required Education
§280.3. Certified Therapeutic Optometrist Examination
§280.4. Utilization of Pharmaceutical Agents
§280.5. Prescription and Diagnostic Drugs for Therapeutic Optometry
§280.6. Advertising by Therapeutic Optometrists
The proposed review of these rules was published in the May 7, 1999,
The Texas Optometry Board finds that the reasons for adopting these rules
continue to exist. Therefore the agency re-adopts these rules.
The Board did not review Rule 279.11 which is proposed for repeal because
of amendments to Rule 279.13. The proposed repeal will be published in the
appropriate section of the
Texas Register
.
Amendments to Rule 279.13 were proposed and published in the May 7, 1999,
The Board did not review Rule 279.17 which is proposed for repeal because
of amendments to the Act under HB 1051. The proposed repeal will be published
in the appropriate section of the
Texas Register
.
TRD-9904201
Lois Ewald
Executive Director
Texas Optometry Board
Filed: July 12, 1999
Title 7, Part VII
Pursuant to the notice of proposed rule review published in the
Texas Register
(24 TexReg 1644) March 5, 1999, the State Securities
Board (Board) has reviewed and considered for readoption, revision, or repeal,
all sections of the following chapters of Title 7, Part VII of the Texas Administrative
Code, in accordance with the General Appropriations Act, Article IX, Section
167, 75th Legislature (1997): Chapter 113, Registration of Securities; Chapter
114, Federal Covered Securities; Chapter 123, Administrative Guidelines for
Registration of Open-End Investment Companies; Chapter 125, Minimum Disclosures
in Church and Nonprofit Institution Bond Issues; Chapter 135, Industrial Development
Corporations and Authorities; and Chapter 137, Administrative Guidelines for
Regulation of Offers.
The Board considered, among other things, whether the reasons for adoption
of these rules continue to exist. After its review, the Board finds that the
reasons for adopting these rules continue to exist and readopts these Chapters,
without changes, pursuant to the requirements of Section 167.
As part of the review process, the Board is proposing that Chapter 135,
Industrial Development Corporations and Authorities, be repealed and replaced
with a simple, distinct exemption addressing these types of securities. The
proposed repeal of this chapter and its replacement with an exemption will
be published in the "Proposed Rules" section of the
Texas Register
, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act,
Texas Government Code Annotated, Chapter 2001.
No comments were received regarding the readoption of Chapters 113, 114,
123, 125, 135, or 137.
TRD-9904105
Denise Voigt Crawford
Securities Commissioner
State Securities Board
Filed: July 9, 1999
Adopted Rule Reviews
Texas Optometry Board
State Securities Board