Texas Register
Vol. 21 No. 69
September 17, 1996
Pages 8883-9024

*****PROPOSED RULES*****
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Fisheries
31 TAC sec.sec.57.111-57.134.....8890
Wildlife
31 TAC sec.sec.65.131-65.132.....8898
31 TAC sec.sec.65.141-65.142.....8898
31 TAC sec.sec.65.171-65.174, 65.180, 65.181.....8899
31 TAC sec.65.701.....8900
31 TAC sec.sec.65.801-65.807.....8900
31 TAC sec.65.801.....8901
Resource Protection
31 TAC sec.sec.69.1-69.9.....8901
Comptroller of Public Accounts
Tax Administration
34 TAC sec.3.41, sec.3.42.....8903
34 TAC sec.3.41.....8903
34 TAC sec.3.311 sec.3.352.....8904
34 TAC sec.3.311.....8904
34 TAC sec.sec.3.511-3.513.....8905
34 TAC sec.3.511.....8906
34 TAC sec.3.692, sec.3.693.....8907
34 TAC sec.3.692.....8907
34 TAC sec.3.701.....8909
34 TAC sec.3.702.....8911
34 TAC sec.3.741, sec.3.743.....8911
34 TAC sec.3.741.....8911
Funds Management (Fiscal Affairs)
34 TAC sec.5.11.....8913
Prepaid Higher Education Tuition Program
34 TAC sec.7.3.....8913
34 TAC sec.7.11.....8914
34 TAC sec.7.41, sec.7.42.....8914
34 TAC sec.7.52.....8915
34 TAC sec.7.62.....8915
34 TAC sec.7.63.....8916
34 TAC sec.7.64.....8917
34 TAC sec.7.71.....8918
34 TAC sec.7.81.....8918
34 TAC sec.7.82.....8920
34 TAC sec.7.84.....8920
Texas Department on Aging
Area Agency on Aging Administrative Requirements 
40 TAC sec.260.2.....8920
*****WITHDRAWN RULES*****
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Wildlife
31 TAC sec.sec.65.171-65.174.....8927
Resource Protection
31 TAC sec.sec.69.1-69.8.....8927
*****ADOPTED RULES*****
Department of Information Resources
Planning and Management of Information Resources Technologies
1 TAC sec.201.13.....8929
Texas Feed and Fertilizer Control Service
Commercial Fertilizer Rules
4 TAC sec.65.11.....8930
4 TAC sec.65.21.....8930
4 TAC sec.65.22.....8931
4 TAC sec.65.26.....8931
4 TAC sec.65.30.....8932
Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation 
Medicaid Programs
25 TAC sec.sec.409.351-409.357.....8932
25 TAC sec.sec.409.351-409.365.....8933
Employees Retirement System
Benefits
34 TAC sec.73.39.....8953
Texas Department of Human Services
Community Care fore Aged and Disabled
40 TAC sec.48.2703.....8953
Texas Department of Transportation
Management
43 TAC sec.1.85.....8954
43 TAC sec.sec.1.500-1.503.....8954
Finance Division
43 TAC sec.3.3.....8955
Public Information
43 TAC sec.sec.3.10-3.14.....8955
Transportation Planning and Programming
43 TAC sec.15.50, sec.15.51.....8957
43 TAC sec.sec.15.52-15.54.....8958
43 TAC sec.sec.15.52-15.56.....8958
Vehicle Titles and Registration
43 TAC sec.17.8.....8959
43 TAC sec.17.26.....8963
43 TAC sec.sec.17.60-17.64.....8963
Oversize and Overweight Vehicles and Loans
43 TAC sec.28.13.....8969
*****TABLES AND GRAPHICS*****
Tables and Graphics.....8971
*****OPEN MEETINGS*****
State Office of Administrative Hearings
Thursday, September 23, 1996, 1:30 p.m......8991
Texas Department of Agriculture
Tuesday, September 17, 1996, 1:30 p.m......8991
Wednesday, September 25, 1996, 9:30 a.m......8991
Wednesday, September 25, 1996, 10:30 a.m......8991
Texas Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation 
Wednesday, September 18, 1996, 8:00 p.m......8992
Thursday, September 19, 1996, 8:00 a.m......8992
Statewide Health Coordinating Council 
Friday, September 20, 1996, 9:00 a.m......8992
Texas Department of Insurance
Tuesday, November 19, 1996, 1:30 p.m......8992
Legislative Budget Board
Tuesday, September 17, 1996, 9:00 a.m......8992
Tuesday, September 17, 1996, 9:00 a.m......8993
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation 
Thursday, September 19, 1996, 9:00 a.m......8993
Texas State Board of Medical Examiners 
Monday, September 16, 1996, 9:00 a.m......8993
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission 
Wednesday, September 18, 1996, 9:30 a.m......8993
Wednesday, October 2, 1996, 10:00 a.m......8994
Monday, October 7, 1996, 10:00 a.m......8994
Thursday, October 10, 1996, 10:00 a.m......8994
Thursday, October 10, 1996, 10:00 a.m......8994
Thursday, October 10, 1996, 10:00 a.m......8994
Monday, October 21, 1996, 10:00 a.m......8994
Monday, October 21, 1996, 10:00 a.m......8995
Board of Nurse Examiners
Thursday, September 19, 1996, 8:30 a.m......8995
Texas Board of Nursing Facility Administrators 
Monday, September 16, 1996, 10:00 a.m......8995
Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services 
Wednesday, September 18, 1996, 10:00 a.m......8995
Texas Public Finance Authority
Wednesday, September 18, 1996, 10:30 a.m......8995
Texas Department of Public Safety
Thursday, September 26, 1996, 9:30 a.m......8996
Public Utility Commission of Texas
Friday, September 27, 1996, 9:00 a.m......8996
Railroad Commission of Texas
Tuesday, September 17, 1996, 8:30 a.m......8996
Texas Residential Property Insurance Market Assistance Program
Thursday, September 26, 1996, 9:30 a.m......8996
State Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology
Thursday, September 19, 1996, 12:00 p.m......8996
Thursday, September 19, 1996, 1:30 p.m......8997
Thursday, September 19, 1996, 1:30 p.m......8997
Thursday, September 19, 1996, 3:00 p.m......8997
Friday, September 20, 1996, 9:00 a.m......8997
Texas Turnpike Authority
Wednesday, September 18, 1996, 9:45 a.m......8998
University of Houston
Monday, September 16, 1996, 2:00 p.m......8998
Texas Water Development Board
Wednesday, September 18, 1996, 3:00 p.m......8998
Wednesday, September 18, 1996, 4:00 p.m......8999
Thursday, September 19, 1996, 9:00 a.m......8999
Thursday, September 19, 1996, 9:00 a.m......8999
Texas Youth Commission
Wednesday, September 18, 1996, 4:30 p.m......8999
Wednesday, September 18, 1996, 5:30 p.m......9000
Wednesday, September 18, 1996, 6:30 p.m......9000
Thursday, September 19, 1996, 8:30 a.m......9000
Regional Meetings
Meetings Filed September 9, 1996.....9000
Meetings Filed September 10, 1996.....9000
Meetings Filed September 11, 1996.....9001
*****IN ADDITION*****
Texas Department of Agriculture
Organic Standards and Certification Administrative Penalty Matrix.....9003
Comptroller of Public Accounts
Notice of Consultant Contract Amendment.....9003
Office of the Consumer Credit Commissioner
Notice of Rate Ceiling.....9004
General Services Commission
State Energy Conservation Office Request for Proposal.....9004
Texas Department of Health
Notice of Request for Proposals (RFP) for "Put Prevention into Practice" 
.....9005
Notice of Rescission of Orders.....9005
Notice of Revocation of Certificates of Registration.....9005
Texas Health and Human Services Commission
Notice of Hearing.....9005
Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs
Announcement of Contract Awards .....9006
Home Program Amendment to the 1996 Consolidated Plan .....9007
Notice of Public Hearing/Manufactured Housing Division .....9007
Public Comment Period for 1996 Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy 
Annual Performance Report .....9007
Texas Department of Human Services
Public Notice-Letter of Intent for Hotsite Services.....9008
Texas Department of Insurance
Notice.....9008
Notice of Public Hearing Residential Property Insurance Benchmark Rate Setting 
And Non-Commercial Texas Catastrophe Property Insurance Association Rate Setting 
Docket Number 454-96-1638.G.....9009
Legislative Budget Board and Governor's Office of Budget and Planning
Schedule for Joint Budget Hearings (for the period of September 23-27, 1996) on 
Appropriations Requests for the 1998-1999 Biennium.....9016
Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation 
Notice of Award of Consultant Contract.....9017
Notice of Public Hearing.....9017
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission 
Extention of Comment Period.....9017
Public Hearing Notice.....9018
Public Notice.....9018
Requests for Applications.....9018
Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners 
Request for Proposals Concerning the Production of the 1997-98 Continuing 
Education Book for the Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners......9019
Public Utility Commission
Notice of Intent to File Pursuant to Public Utility Commission Substantive Rule 
23.27.....9021
Notice of Joint Application for Interconnection Agreement.....9022
Railroad Commission of Texas
Notice of Public Hearings.....9022
Texas Department of Transportation
Request for Proposals.....9022
The Texas A&M University System-Board of Regents
Follow-up Notice on Consulting Services Contract.....9024
The University of Texas System
Consultant Proposal Request.....9024