In Addition The Texas Register is required by statute to publish certain documents, including applications to purchase control of state banks, notices of rate ceilings, changes in interest rate and applications to install remote service units, and consultant proposal requests and awards. To aid agencies in communicating information quickly and effectively, other information of general interest to the public is published as space allows. Texas Board of Architectural Examiners Correction of Error The Texas Board of Architectural Examiners adopted on an emergency basis an amendment to 22 TAC sec.5.31, concerning requisite qualifications for registration. The rule was published in the December 25, 1992, Texas Register (17 TexReg 9067). Due to an error by the Texas Register the date was incorrect in the fourth line of (a)(1). The paragraph should read as follows. "(1) an applicant who files an application with this board no later than August 31, 1992, and who prior to September 1, 1991, had six or more years' total experience credits working independently or in the course of regular employment as a [full-time]:" Texas Bond Review Board Bi-Weekly Report on the 1992 Allocation of the State Ceiling on Certain Private Activity Bonds The information that follows is a report of the allocation activity for the period of December 12, 1992-December 27, 1992. On September 1, 1992, any amounts of state ceiling which remained in any subceiling were combined into one ceiling. The applications which had not received a reservation prior to that date were placed on one list in an order determined by a lot number, and for those applications without a lot number, by date of receipt of the application. Total amount of the $867,450,000 state ceiling remaining unreserved as of December 27, 1992: $4,400. Following is a comprehensive listing of applications which have received a reservation date pursuant to the Act from December 12, 1992-December 27, 1992: Brazos River Authority, Texas Utilities Electric Company, $3,855,000. Following is a comprehensive listing of applications which have issued and delivered the bonds and received a Certificate of Allocation pursuant to the Act from December 12, 1992-December 27, 1992: Brazos River Harbor Navigation District of Brazoria County, Texas Dow Chemical Company Project-$25,000,000; Brazos River Authority, Texas Utilities Electric Company, $46,660,000; Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority, Champion International, $42,145,000. Following is a comprehensive listing of applications which were either withdrawn or cancelled pursuant to the Act from December 12, 1992-December 27, 1992: None. Following is a comprehensive listing of applications which released a portion or their reserved amount pursuant to the Act from December 12, 1992-December 27, 1992: Brazos River Authority, Texas Utilities Electric Company, $4,400. Issued in Austin, Texas, on January 4, 1993. TRD-9317234 Beverly S. Bunch Interim Executive Director Texas Bond Review Board Filed: January 5, 1993 Final Report on the 1992 Allocation of the State Ceiling on Certain Private Activity Bonds The information that follows is a final report of the allocation activity for 1992. The total amount of the Texas State ceiling for calendar year 1992 was $867, 450,000. Bonds issued and delivered under Texas Civil Statutes, Article 5190. 9a, for calendar year 1992 totaled $867,445,600 with $4,400 remaining unissued. The remaining portion of the 1992 state ceiling has been designated as carryforward to the following: Brazos River Authority, Texas Utilities Electric Company, Unit #1/Comanche Peak Steam Station, water pollution control facilities and solid waste disposal facilities. Issued in Austin, Texas, on January 4, 1993. TRD-9317232 Beverly S. Bunch Interim Executive Director Texas Bond Review Board Filed: January 5, 1993 Initial Report on the 1993 Allocation of the State Ceiling on Certain Private Activity Bonds The Tax Reform Act of 1986 (the Tax Act) imposes a volume ceiling on the aggregate principle amount of tax-exempt, private activity bonds that may be issued within the State of Texas during any calendar year. The state ceiling for Texas, imposed by the Tax Act is $50 per capita. The Bureau of the Census issued a release on December 30, 1992, containing resident population estimates as of July 1, 1992. Given a resident population in Texas of 17,656, 000, the state ceiling for calendar year 1993 is $882,800,000. State legislation, Texas Civil Statutes, Article 5190.9a (the Act), mandates the allocation process for the State of Texas. The Act specifies that 28% of the state ceiling is to be made available to issuers of qualified mortgage bonds and of that amount, one-third is available to the Housing Finance Division of the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs and two-thirds is available for local issuers. Issuers of state-voted issues will have 17.5% of the state ceiling available. Issuers of qualified small issue bonds will have 7.5% of the state ceiling available. Issuers of qualified residential rental project issue bonds will have 5.0% of the state ceiling available. All other issuers of bonds requiring an allocation will have 42% of the state ceiling available. Pursuant to the Act, the aggregate amount for qualified mortgage bonds in Subceiling 1 is $247,184,000 with $164,789,333 available to local issuers and $82,394,667 available to the Housing Finance Division of the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs. The aggregate amount for state-voted issues in Subceiling 2 is $154,490,000, the amount for qualified small issues in Subceiling 3 is $66,210,000, the amount for qualified residential rental project issues in Subceiling 4 is $44,140,000, and the amount for all other issues requiring an allocation in Subceiling 5 is $370,776,000. Generally, the state ceiling is allocated by lottery for applications received from January 2-January 10, and thereafter on a first-come, first-served basis. The Texas Bond Review Board administers the allocation system. Issued in Austin, Texas, on January 4, 1993. TRD-9317233 Beverly S. Bunch Interim Executive Director Texas Bond Review Board Filed: January 5, 1993 Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner Notice of Rate Ceilings The Consumer Credit Commissioner of Texas has ascertained the following rate ceilings by use of the formulas and methods described in Texas Civil Statutes, Title 79, Article 1.04, as amended (Texas Civil Statutes, Articles 5069-1.04). [graphic] Issued in Austin, Texas, on January 4, 1993. TRD-9317252 Al Endsley Consumer Credit Commissioner Filed: January 6, 1993 North Central Texas Council of Governments Consultant Contract Award In accordance with Texas Civil Statutes, Article 6252-11c, the North Central Texas Council of Governments publishes this notice of consultant contract award. The consultant proposal request appeared in the August 25, 1992, issue of the Texas Register (17 TexReg 5812). The consultant is to conduct an comprehensive Classification, Compensation, and Pay-for-Performance Study to update the personnel system of the Fort Worth Transportation Authority. The consultant selected to perform this study is Hay Management Consultants, North Central Plaza III, 12801 North Central Expressway, Suite 1000, Dallas, Texas 75243-1731. The maximum amount of this contract is $46,750. The contract begins January 18, 1993, and will terminate in approximately four months. At the conclusion of this project, the consultant will prepare a final report which documents the methodology used and provide information and recommendations for salary planning and budgeting in future years. Issued in Arlington, Texas, on December 31, 1992. TRD-9317194 Mike Eastland Executive Director North Central Texas Council of Governments Filed: January 5, 1993 Public Utility Commission of Texas Notice of Application to Amend Certificate of Convenience and Necessity Notice is given to the public of the filing with the Public Utility Commission of Texas an application on December 17, 1992, to amend a certificate of convenience and necessity pursuant to the Public Utility Regulatory Act, sec.sec.16(a), 50, 52, and 54. A summary of the application follows. Docket and Title Number. Application of Southwestern Bell Telephone Company to amend certificate of convenience and necessity within Walker County, Docket Number 11677, before the Public Utility Commission of Texas. The Application. In Docket Number 11677, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company seeks approval of its application to amend the exchange area boundary between its Huntsville exchange and United Telephone Company of Texas, Inc.'s Shiro exchange in order to continue providing telephone service to a single residential subscriber as well as establish telephone service to future residents in the affected area. Persons who wish to intervene in the proceeding or comment upon action sought, should contact the Public Utility Commission of Texas, at 7800 Shoal Creek Boulevard, Suite 400N, Austin, Texas 78757, or call the Public Utility Commission Public Information Office at (512) 458-0256, or (512) 458-0221 teletypewriter for the deaf on or before February 25, 1993. Issued in Austin, Texas, on January 4, 1993. TRD-9317222 John M. Renfrow Secretary of the Commission Public Utility Commission of Texas Filed: January 5, 1993 Notice of Staff Workshop on Proposed Revisions to Annual and Semi-Annual Earnings Reports The state of the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC) will hold a workshop on Friday January 15, 1993, regarding proposed revision to the annual and semi- annual Earnings Report required under PUC Substantive Rules 23.11(o) and 23.12(b)(2). Staff members from the Electric, Telephone, and Operations Review Divisions will describe the proposed revisions at the workshop and will be available to answer questions and receive comments from interested parties. The workshop will be held in the Commissioners' hearing room located in the PUC offices at 7800 Shoal Creek Boulevard, Austin, and will be divided into morning and afternoon sessions as follows: 9:30 a.m.-Earnings Reports for Electric Cooperatives and River Authorities; 1:30 p.m.-Earnings Reports for Telephone Utilities and Electric Investor-Owned Utilities. It is currently anticipated that the PUC staff will make a formal recommendation to the Commissioners on the proposed revisions at the Administrative Meeting scheduled for January 26, 1993. If approved by the Commission, these changes would become effective beginning with the Earnings Reports for calendar year 1992 which are to be filed on April 1993. The changes under consideration, as currently proposed by staff, are as follows. 1. Create a separate report for electric cooperatives and river authorities. This report would reduce the number of expenses and rate base accounts currently requested in Schedules I through III, collect rate base information related to the debt structure and projected capital needs of the utility. Several schedules in the Electric Utility Earnings Report which are not applicable to cooperatives and river authorities would also be eliminated. 2. Add a supplemental schedule requesting additional information regarding the calculation of federal income tax expense for all investor-owned utilities, and change Schedule IV in the Electric Utility Earnings Report to reflect tax method 2. 3. Add a supplemental schedule requesting additional detail regarding the balance and annual amortization of accounting order deferrals for electric investor-owned utilities. 4. Add a schedule requesting sales and revenue data by customer class, with weather adjustments if warranted, for electric investor-owned utilities. A draft copy of the proposed schedule revisions should be available for review by January 8, 1993. A copy of the proposed revisions may be obtained prior to the workshop by contacting Frances Hawley in the Operations Review Division at (512) 458-0328. Any questions regarding the workshop should be directed to Kent Grant, Director of the Operations Review Division, at (512) 458-0329. Issued in Austin, Texas, on December 30, 1992. TRD-9317221 John M. Renfrow Secretary of the Commission Public Utility Commission of Texas Filed: January 5, 1993 Texas Racing Commission Correction of Error The Texas Racing Commission adopted on an emergency basis new 16 TAC sec.321.119, concerning odd-even. The rule appeared in the December 25, 1992, Texas Register (17 TexReg 9067). Due to typographical errors by the Texas Register the word "three" was misspelled as "tree" in subsection (d). In subsection (e) "odd-even pool" was misspelled as one word, and "first place" was misspelled as "flirts place". Railroad Commission of Texas Notice of Intent to Reclaim Abandoned Mine Lands The Railroad Commission of Texas is submitting a request for funds under Title IV of the Federal Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (as amended October 1, 1991) to reclaim the Butler Weddington Area 1 abandoned uranium mine near Falls City in Karnes County. The abandoned mine consists of a 10-acre pit with approximately 85 acres of spoil piles. The pit contains water to a maximum depth of 20 feet. Two poorly vegetated spoil piles consisting of overburden from the pit remain on the site. Work on the project would be accomplished in accordance with the Texas Abandoned Mine Land Program administered by the Railroad Commission of Texas. Proposed reclamation of the site would include the following: regrade approximately 100 acres of pit and spoil material; alter slopes associated with the pit highwalls to 5H (horizontal): 1V (vertical); alter all remaining slopes to 7H: 1V; soil treatment; fertilize; seed and mulch with grasses. Details of the proposed reclamation plans can be found at the Austin address following. Interested persons are invited to comment on any possible impact this proposed project might have on the area or community. Comments or inquiries are to be received no later than February 19, 1993, and may be submitted to the following mailing address: Surface Mining and Reclamation Division, Railroad Commission of Texas, P.O. Box 12967, Austin, Texas 78711-2967, Attention: Melvin B. Hodgkiss, P.E., Director. Issued in Austin, Texas, on January 4, 1993. TRD-9317206 Nolan Ward Hearings Examiner, Legal Division-General Law Railroad Commission of Texas Filed: January 5, 1993 Teacher Retirement System of Texas Correction of Error The Teacher Retirement System of Texas adopted on an emergency basis new 34 TAC sec.23.6, concerning the trustee to the trustee transfer of eligible rollover distributions from TRS. The rule was published in the December 22, 1992, Texas Register (17 TexReg 8997). Due to an error by the Texas Register the phrase "from the system to elect to have such" in subsection (a) line five is garbled. The subsection should read as follows. "(a) Effective for distributions made after December 31, 1992, the Teacher Retirement System of Texas shall permit the distributee of an eligible rollover distribution from the system to elect to have such distribution paid directly to an eligible retirement plan specified by the distributee in the form of a direct trustee to trustee transfer."