PART 1. TEXAS STATE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 2. GENERAL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
SUBCHAPTER A. PRINCIPLES AND PROCEDURES OF THE COMMISSION
The Texas State Library and Archives Commission adopts without changes amendments to 13 TAC §2.53 regarding service complaints, as posted in the June 27, 2008, issue of the Texas Register (33 TexReg 4949). The amendment specifies the actions the agency will take when it receives a complaint. It also deletes reference to a program and rule that have been repealed.
No comments were received during the comment period.
The amendment is adopted under Government Code §441.018 which directs the commission to "maintain a system to promptly and efficiently act on complaints filed" and to "maintain information about parties to the complaint, the subject matter of the complaint, a summary of the results of the review or investigation of the complaint, and its disposition."
The amended section affects Government Code §441.018.
This agency hereby certifies that the adoption has been reviewed by legal counsel and found to be a valid exercise of the agency's legal authority.
Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on August 5, 2008.
TRD-200804094
Edward Seidenberg
Assistant State Librarian
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Effective date: August 25, 2008
Proposal publication date: June 27, 2008
For further information, please call: (512) 463-5459
The Texas State Library and Archives Commission adopts without changes new 13 TAC §2.58 regarding use of technology, as posted in the June 27, 2008, issue of the Texas Register (33 TexReg 4949). It specifies the agency's policy regarding use appropriate technological solutions to improve the commission's ability to perform its functions.
No comments were received during the comment period.
The rule is adopted under Government Code §441.019 which directs the commission to "implement a policy requiring the commission to use appropriate technological solutions to improve the commission's ability to perform its functions" and to "ensure that the public is able to interact with the commission on the Internet."
The new rule affects Government Code §441.019.
This agency hereby certifies that the adoption has been reviewed by legal counsel and found to be a valid exercise of the agency's legal authority.
Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on August 5, 2008.
TRD-200804095
Edward Seidenberg
Assistant State Librarian
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Effective date: August 25, 2008
Proposal publication date: June 27, 2008
For further information, please call: (512) 463-5459
The Texas Historical Commission adopts new §16.3 relating to Addition of Historic Sites to Texas Historical Commission Historic Sites Program) of Title 13, Part 2, Chapter 16 of the Texas Administrative Code, without changes to the text of the proposed rule published in the June 20, 2008, issue of the Texas Register (33 TexReg 4769). The purpose of this section is to describe the circumstances under which the Texas Historical Commission may acquire new historic sites that will be administered by the Commission. The Commission will not accept properties into the Historic Site program strictly for preservation of the resource. Acquisition is based on a comprehensive evaluation of the property's ability to best serve the citizens of Texas as an interpreted site within the resources available to the Commission. The Texas Historical Commission (Commission) operates a system of state historic sites as mandated by the Texas Legislature in House Bill 12 (Act of May 29, 2007, Chapter 1159, §11 and §12, Regular Session, 80th Legislature). The text of the adopted rule will not be republished.
This rule is adopted to comply with a legislative mandate that the Commission adopt rules to establish "criteria for determining the eligibility of real property donated to the commission for inclusion in the historic sites system." Texas Government Code §442.0053(a). The Commission believes that the criteria adopted are consistent with this law.
The new section will function by providing standards and procedures that the Commission may use in objectively evaluating any land that is proposed as a new historic site or an addition to an existing historic site. This should assist in preventing ad hoc or arbitrary decisions concerning land acquisition.
No comments were received on the proposed rule.
The new section is adopted under the Texas Government Code §442.005, which provides the Commission with authority to promulgate rules that will reasonably effect the purposes of this chapter, and Texas Government Code §442.075, which provides that the Commission may accept the transfer of additional historic sites.
No other statutes, articles, or codes are affected by these amendments.
This agency hereby certifies that the adoption has been reviewed by legal counsel and found to be a valid exercise of the agency's legal authority.
Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on August 5, 2008.
TRD-200804084
F. Lawerence Oaks
Executive Director
Texas Historical Commission
Effective date: August 25, 2008
Proposal publication date: June 20, 2008
For further information, please call: (512) 463-6323