EMERGENCY RULESAn agency may adopt a new or amended section or repeal an 
existing section on an emergency basis if it determines that such action is 
necessary for the public health, safety, or welfare of this state. The section 
may become effective immediately upon filing with the Texas Register, or on a 
stated date less than 20 days after filing and remaining in effect no more than 
120 days. The emergency action is renewable once for no more than 60 additional 
days.
Symbology in amended emergency sections. New language added to an existing 
section is indicated by the use of bold text. [Brackets] indicate deletion of 
existing material within a section.

TITLE 4. AGRICULTURE
PART I. Texas Department of Agriculture
CHAPTER 20.Cotton Pest Control
SUBCHAPTER C.Stalk Destruction Program
4 TAC sec.20.22
The Department of Agriculture (the department) adopts on an emergency basis, an 
amendment to sec.20.22, concerning the authorized cotton destruction date for 
Pest Management Zone 1. 
The department is acting on behalf of cotton farmers in Brooks, Cameron, 
Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Starr, Willacy, Zapata and the southern part of Kenedy County 
encompassing the area below an east-west line through Katherine and Armstrong, 
Texas. 
The current cotton destruction deadline is September 1. The cotton destruction 
deadline will be extended through September 15. The department believes that 
changing the cotton destruction date is both necessary and appropriate. Adverse 
weather conditions have created a situation compelling an immediate extension of 
the cotton destruction date for all counties in Pest Management Zone 1. The 
unusually wet weather prior to the cotton destruction period has prevented many 
cotton producers from cotton destruction by the September 1 deadline. A failure 
to act to extend the cotton destruction deadline could create a significant loss 
to Texas cotton producers and the state's economy. The department believes that 
extending the cotton destruction deadline in the counties in Pest Management 
Zone 1 as requested will not result in a significant increase in pest 
populations in the zone. 
The emergency amendment to sec.20.22(a) will extend the date for cotton 
destruction through September 15 of this year in Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim 
Hogg, Starr, Willacy, Zapata and the southern part of Kenedy County encompassing 
the area below an east-west line through Katherine and Armstrong, Texas. 
The amendment is adopted on an emergency basis under Texas Agriculture Code, 
sec.74.006, which provides the Texas Department of Agriculture with the 
authority to adopt rules as necessary for the effective enforcement and 
administration of Chapter 74, Subchapter A; and sec.74.004, which provides the 
department with the authority to establish regulated areas, dates and 
appropriate methods of destruction of stalks, other parts, and products of host 
plants for cotton pests and provides the department with the authority to 
consider a request for a cotton destruction extension due to adverse weather 
conditions; and the Government Code, sec.2001.34, which provides for the 
adoption of administrative rules on an emergency basis, without notice and 
comment. 

sec.20.22.Stalk Destruction Requirements.
(a) Deadlines and methods. All cotton plants in a pest management zone shall be 
destroyed, regardless of the method used, by the stalk destruction dates 
indicated for the zone. Destruction shall be accomplished by the methods 
described as follows:
Figure: 4 TAC sec.20.22(a) 
(b)-(c) (No change.)
Issued in Austin, Texas, on August 30, 1996.
TRD-9612678
Dolores Alvarado Hibbs
Deputy General Counsel
Texas Department of Agriculture
Effective date: September 2, 1996
Expiration date: September 23, 1996
For further information, please call: (512) 463-7583

TITLE 37. PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS
PART III. Texas Youth Commission
CHAPTER 91.Discipline and Control
Disciplinary Practices
37 TAC sec.91.3
The Texas Youth Commission (TYC) adopts on an emergency basis the repeal of 
sec.91.3, concerning rules of conduct, contraband and dress. This section is 
being repealed to allow for the emergency adoption of a new replacement section.
This section is adopted on an emergency basis to allow for the adoption of a new 
rule which sets behavioral rules for youth under TYC jurisdiction. The repeal is 
adopted on an emergency basis under the Human Resources Code, sec.61.034, which 
provides the Texas Youth Commission authority to make rules appropriate to the 
accomplishment of its functions.

sec.91.3.Rules of Conduct, Contraband and Dress. 
Issued in Austin, Texas, on August 30, 1996. 
TRD-9612742
Steve Robinson
Executive Director
Texas Youth Commission
Effective date: August 30, 1996
Expiration date: December 30, 1996
For further information, please call: (512) 483-5244

The Texas Youth Commission (TYC) adopts on an emergency basis new sec.91.3 
concerning rules of conduct, contraband and dress. The new rule provides a list 
of behavioral rules that when violated, a TYC youth may receive a disciplinary 
consequence. The act of absconding from the assigned home placement in the 
community is being included in the list. 
This section is adopted on an emergency basis to allow TYC staff to remove a 
youth from the community when the youth has left his assigned residential 
placement and his/her whereabouts are unknown. Imminent peril in the form of 
increased risk to the community exists when a TYC youth has intentionally 
violated the rules under which he/she has been allowed to return home. 
The section is adopted on an emergency basis under the Human Resources Code, 
sec.61.034 which provides the Texas Youth Commission authority to make rules 
appropriate to the proper accomplishment of its functions.

sec.91.3.Rules of Conduct, Contraband and Dress.
(a) Purpose. The purpose of this rule is to establish rules of conduct, 
contraband and dress youth will be expected to follow agencywide. Violations of 
the rules result in disciplinary consequences that are proportional to the 
severity and extent of the violation and follow appropriate due process.
(b) Texas Youth Commission (TYC) facilities and programs shall maintain youth 
discipline to the extent necessary to keep order and provide a safe and 
constructive environment for youth, staff and visitors. 
(c) Rules in this policy may be restated in greater detail or otherwise adapted 
to accommodate a particular program in order to help clarify expected behavior 
in that program. All adapted or restated rules shall remain consistent with the 
general rules of conduct. 
(d) The rules are posted in a conspicuous area accessible to youth in each 
facility and program. 
(e) Rules of Conduct. It is a violation to knowingly violate or attempt to 
violate or help someone else violate any of the Rules of Conduct. Repeated 
violations of any rule of conduct will result in more serious disciplinary 
consequences. 
(1) A major rule violation is any of the following acts for which major 
consequences may be levied. Major consequences include referral to criminal 
court, disciplinary movement and/or reclassification and/or assignment of a 
minimum length of stay. 
(A) Violate any law of Texas or of the United States 
(B) Escape or attempt escape or abscond 
(C) Cause physical pain or bodily injury to one's self or to another person 
(D) Possess a weapon 
(E) Inhale, ingest or otherwise consume or import into the body any controlled 
substance or intoxicant, or refuse to take a drug test
(F) Intentionally damage or destroy property which causes a loss of $100 or more 
(G) Fail on two or more occasions to comply with the conditions of release under 
supervision and/or a written reasonable request of staff that is either present 
in the ICP or is validly related to previous high risk behavior. 
(2) Minor misbehavior is willful behavior which breaks rules for which minor 
consequences, called on-site disciplinary consequences, may be levied. Minor 
consequences include loss of privileges, restriction, or confiscation of 
contraband. Minor misbehaviors are: 
(A) Take, use or damage property without proper permission
(B) Possess items instructed not to possess including contraband
(C) Be with someone told not to be with 
(D) Threaten to cause harm to someone 
(E) Engage in inappropriate physical or sexual contact 
(F) Engage in tattooing self or other or ear piercing 
(G) Engage in setting a fire without permission from staff
(H) Lend, borrow, or trade personal property without permission from staff 
(I) Curse or use disrespectful language or behavior toward another 
(J) Fail to report to someone in authority when told to do so 
(K) Enter restricted areas without proper permission 
(L) Use or possess tobacco in places where it is prohibited
(M) Disrupt an authorized activity 
(N) Deliberately disobey a reasonable request of staff 
(O) Miss scheduled activities or curfew time 
(P) Gamble 
(Q) Fail to follow the dress code 
(R) Fail to report others' misconduct 
(f) Contraband. Consistent with the Rules of Conduct, youth in a residential 
program which is under contract to TYC or operated by TYC shall not have 
contraband. Contraband items will be confiscated and disposed of in accordance 
with GOP.71.03, sec.93.23 of this title relating to Disposition of Unauthorized 
Items Seized. Contraband includes: 
(1) anything which it is a crime to possess under municipal ordinances or state 
or federal law, (including solvent inhalants, drugs, and alcohol); 
(2) narcotics paraphernalia; 
(3) items which can be used, made, or adapted to use as weapons; 
(4) pictures which depict sexually explicit male or female nudity or sexual 
acts, including magazines or periodicals which routinely publish such pictures; 
(5) items such as posters or clothing with slogans, mottos or emblems which are 
obscene, advocate illegal or immoral conduct, hold individuals or groups up to 
ridicule or reinforce delinquent subcultural values or in any way disrupt 
programs or activities; and 
(6) money in excess of the amount permitted by facility rules. 
(g) Dress Code. Any youth in a residential program operated by TYC must dress in 
accordance with these rules. 
(1) Clothing will be clean, fit properly, and be appropriate to the activity at 
all times. 
(2) Undergarments must be worn and must not show. Females will wear bras. 
(3) Patches, embroidery, buttons, and writing on clothing must not signify 
anything about drugs, alcohol, sex, obscene language, violent acts, or show 
disrespect to any group or class of people. 
(4) Shoes or acceptable footwear will be worn as appropriate to the activity at 
all times. 
(5) Boys will not wear earrings. 
(h) Hair. 
(1) Youth in TYC programs are required to wear their hair in a standardized 
style. 
(2) Hair should be clean and well groomed. 
(3) Males in community-based residential programs may wear hair that extends no 
lower than the collar of a dress shirt in the back or past the ear lobes on the 
side. 
(4) Youth must be clean shaven. 
(i) Symbolic Expression. A facility superintendent/facility administrator may 
adopt rules for the facility to prohibit any symbolic expression(s) that have 
been shown to precipitate violent behavior which endangers the safety of youth, 
staff or visitors at the facility. All rules adopted by a facility administrator 
and approved by the appropriate director of juvenile corrections must be clearly 
communicated to each youth and posted at the same place as other rules set out 
in this policy. 
Issued in Austin, Texas, on August 30, 1996.
TRD-9612743
Steve Robinson
Executive Director
Texas Youth Commission
Effective date: August 30, 1996
Expiration date: December 30, 1996
For further information, please call: (512) 483-5244