Texas Register
Vol. 22 No. 27
April 11, 1997
Pages 3341-3503

****ATTORNEY GENERAL****
Open Records Decision.....3349
****EMERGENCY RULES****
Texas Department of Agriculture
Cotton Pest Control
4 TAC sec.20.22.....3351
Texas Department of Transportation
Contract Management
43 TAC sec.sec.9.33-9.37, sec.9.39, sec.sec.9.41-9.43.....3351
43 TAC sec.sec.9.33-9.37, 9.39.....3352
****PROPOSED RULES****
General Services Commission
Executive Administration Division
1 TAC sec.111.5.....3355
Texas Animal Health Commission
Exotic Livestock and Exotic Fowl
4 TACsec. 36.2.....3356
Requirements and Standards for Approved Personnel 
4 TAC sec.47.4.....3356
Swine
4 TAC sec.55.4, sec.55.6.....3357
Public Utility Commission
Substantive Rules
16 TAC sec.sec.23.40, 23.42, 23.43, 23.45, 23.46.....3358
Texas Funeral Commission
Licensing and Enforcement — Specific Substantive  Rules
22 TAC sec.sec.203.6, 203.16, 203.22.....3364
Plumbing Examiners
Enforcement
22 TAC sec.367.1.....3365
Structural Pest Control Board
Compliance and Enforcement
22 TAC sec.sec.595.6-595.8, 595.14.....3365
Treatment Standards
22 TAC sec.599.4.....3370
Texas State Board of Social Worker Examiners 
Social Worker Licensure
22 TAC sec.781.102.....3371
22 TAC sec.781.215.....3371
22 TAC sec.sec.781.301, 781.302, 781.307, 781.309.....3371
22 TAC sec.781.401, sec.781.402.....3373
22 TAC sec.sec.781.503, 781.508, 781.509 .....3373
22 TAC sec.781.602, sec.781.603  .....3374
Texas Department of Health
Purchased Health Services
25 TAC sec.29.1126.....3376
Texas Department of Insurance
Property and Casualty Insurance
28 TAC sec.5.4001.....3377
28 TAC sec.5.4007, sec.5.4008.....3382
Health Maintenance Organizations
28 TAC sec.11.1804  .....3392
****WITHDRAWN RULES****
Finance Commission of Texas
Consumer Credit Commissioner
7 TAC sec.sec.1.401-1.407.....3395
Texas Department of Health
Communicable Diseases
25 TAC sec.sec.97.1-97.5.....3395
Occupational Diseases
25 TAC sec.99.1.....3395
Texas Department of Public Safety
Traffic Law Enforcement
37 TAC sec.3.62.....3395
Texas Department of Transportation
Vehicle Titles and Registration
43 TAC sec.17.9.....3396
****ADOPTED RULES****
Texas Animal Health Commission
Brucellosis
4 TAC sec.sec.35.1, 35.2, 35.4.....3397
General Practice and Procedures
4 TAC sec.59.2.....3397
4 TAC sec.59.7.....3398
Texas Department of Banking
Corporate Activities
7 TAC sec.15.121.....3399
7 TAC sec.15.122.....3400
Sale of Checks Act
7 TAC sec.29.2.....3404
Railroad Commission of Texas
Oil and Gas Division
16 TAC sec.3.38.....3404
Public Utility Commission of Texas
Substantive Rules
16 TAC sec.23.104.....3405
16 TAC sec.23.105.....3415
Structural Pest Control Board
Licenses
22 TAC sec.593.24.....3419
Compliance and Enforcement
22 TAC sec.595.11.....3419
Texas Department of Health
Nutrition Services
25 TAC sec.31.1.....3419
Maternal and Child Health Services
25 TAC sec.37.47.....3420
Meat Safety Assurance
25 TAC sec.sec.221.11, 221.12, 221.14.....3421
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Institutional Division
37 TAC sec.152.61.....3431
Internal Inquiries
37 TAC sec.sec.153.1-153.7 .....3433
37 TAC sec.153.20.....3435
Community Justice Assistance Division Standards 
37 TAC sec.163.39.....3436
37 TAC sec.163.39.....3436
37 TAC sec.163.42, sec.163.43.....3437
Texas Council on Purchasing from People with  Disabilities
Purchases of Products and Services from People  with Disabilities
40 TAC sec.189.1-189.18.....3437
40 TAC sec.189.1-189.12.....3437
Texas Department of Transportation
Contract Management
43 TAC sec.sec.9.50-9.61.....3438
Right of Way
43 TAC sec.21.35.....3443
****TABLES AND GRAPHICS****
Tables and Graphics.....3445
****OPEN MEETINGS****
State Office of Administrative Hearings
Tuesday, April 11, 1997, 9:00 a.m......3453
Texas Aerospace Commission
Thursday, April 17, 1997, 9:30 a.m......3453
Texas Department on Aging
Wednesday, April 9, 1997, 9:30 a.m......3453
Texas Department of Agriculture
Wednesday, April 9, 1997, 10:30 a.m......3453
Wednesday, April 9, 1997, 11:00 a.m......3454
Thursday, April 10, 1997, 9:00 a.m......3454
Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug  Abuse (TCADA)
Monday, April 21, 1997, 10:00 a.m......3454
The State Bar of Texas
Thursday, Friday, April 10-11, 1997, 10:30 a.m......3454
State Board of Barber Examiners
Tuesday, April 8, 1997, 9:00 a.m .....3454
Children's Trust Fund of Texas Council 
Friday, April 11, 1997, 10:00 a.m......3455
Texas Department of Commerce
Friday, April 18, 1997, 10:00 a.m......3455
State Council on Competitive Government 
Friday, April 11, 1997, at 10:00 a.m......3456
Texas Cosmetology Commission
Monday, April 14, 1997, 10:00 a.m......3456
State Board of Dental Examiners
Friday, April 18, 1997, 8:30 a.m......3456
Saturday, April 19, 1997, 8:30 a.m......3456
Texas Education Agency (TEA)
Wednesday, April 9, 1997, 2:00 p.m......3457
Thursday, April 10, 1997, 9:00 a.m.......3457
Thursday, April 10, 1997, 2:00 p.m.......3457
Thursday, April 10, 1997, 2:00 p.m......3457
Thursday, April 10, 1997, 2:00 p.m .OR upon adjournment of the joint meeting  of 
the Committee on Instruction and the Committee on School Finance/Permanent  
School Fund, which convenes at 2:00 p.m......3458
Thursday, April 10, 1997, 2:00 p.m. OR upon adjournment of the joint meeting  of 
the Committee on Instruction and the Committee on School Finance/Permanent  
School Fund, which convenes at 2:00 p.m......3458
Friday, April 11, 1997, 9:00 a.m......3458
State Employee Charitable Campaign
Thursday, April 10, 1997, 3:00 p.m......3459
Monday, April 14, 1997, 3:00 p.m......3459
Wednesday, April  16, 1997, Noon.....3459
Wednesday, April  23, 1997, 1:15 p.m......3459
Thursday, May 1, 1997, 3:00 p.m......3459
Texas State Board of Registration for  Professional Engineers
Tuesday, April 15, 1997, 1:00 p.m......3459
Tuesday, April 15, 1997, 3:00 p.m......3460
Wednesday, April 16, 1997, 8:30 a.m......3460
Texas Ethics Commission
Friday, April 11, 1997, 9:30 a.m......3460
Office of the Governor
Friday, April 18, 1997, 9:00 a.m......3460
Texas Department of Health
Tuesday, April 8, 1997, 9:00 a.m......3461
Friday, April 11, 1997, 9:30 a.m......3461
Friday, April 11, 1997, 10:00 a.m......3461
Texas Health Care Information Council 
Thursday, April 10, 1997, 9:00 a.m......3462
Monday, April 14, 1997, 11:00 a.m......3462
Texas Department of Human Services
Thursday, April 10, 1997, 10:00 a.m......3462
Texas Department of Information Resources 
Thursday, April 17, 1997, 9:30 a.m......3462
Thursday, April 17, 1997, 9:30 a.m......3462
Texas Department of Insurance
Tuesday, April 22, 1997, 9:00 a.m......3463
Wednesday, April 23, 1997, 1:30 p.m......3463
Wednesday, April 23, 1997, 2:00 p.m......3463
Texas State Library and Archives Commission 
Friday, April 18, 1997, 9:30 a.m......3463
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation 
Tuesday, April 8, 1997, 9:00 a.m......3463
Tuesday, April 15, 1997, 9:00 a.m......3463
Wednesday, April 16, 1997, 1:00 p.m......3464
Thursday, May 1, 1997, 1:00 p.m......3464
Texas Board of Licensure for Professional  Medical Physicists
Wednesday, April 9, 1997, 10:30 a.m......3464
Texas Life, Accident, Health & Hospital  Service Insurance Guaranty Association
Tuesday, April 15, 1997, 9:00 a.m......3465
Texas State Board of Medical Examiners 
Friday, April 4, 1997, 9:00 a.m......3465
Tuesday, April 8, 1997, 9:00 a.m......3465
Texas Medical Liability Insurance Underwriting  Association (JUA)
Thursday, April 17, 1997, 9:00 a.m......3465
Thursday, April 17, 1997, 1:00 p.m......3466
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission 
Wednesday, April 16, 1997, 9:30 a.m......3466
Wednesday, April 23, 1997, 10:00 a.m......3466
Thursday, April 24, 1997, 10:00 a.m......3466
Tuesday, April 29, 1997, 10:00 a.m......3467
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Wednesday, April 16, 1997, 9:00 a.m......3467
Wednesday, April 16, 1997, 9:00 a.m......3467
Wednesday, April 16, 1997, 7:30 p.m......3467
Wednesday, April 16, 1997, 9:00 a.m......3467
Wednesday, April 16, 1997, 9:00 a.m......3467
Wednesday, April 16, 1997, 9:00 a.m......3467
Thursday, April 17, 1997, 9:00 a.m......3468
Pecos River Commission
Thursday, April 17, 1997, 9:00 a.m......3468
Texas State Pension Review Board
Friday, April 4, 1997, 11:00 a.m., “Telephone Conference Call” 
.....3468
Thursday, April 10, 1997, 1:30 p.m......3468
Texas Board of Physical Therapy Examiners 
Saturday, April 12, 1997, 9:00 a.m......3469
Saturday, April 12, 1997, 12:00 noon.....3469
Texas State Board of Podiatric Medical  Examiners
Friday, April 4, 1997, 8:00 a.m., Rescheduled from March 31, 1997.....3469
Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory  Services
Wednesday, April 9, 1997, 10:00 a.m......3469
Friday, April 11, 1997, 10:00 a.m......3469
Public Utility Commission of Texas
Thursday, April 10, 1997, 9:00 a.m......3470
Friday, April 11, 1997, 9:00 a.m......3470
Monday, April 14, 1997, 9:00 a.m......3470
Monday, April 14, 1997, 10:00 a.m......3470
Tuesday, April 22, 1997, 9:00 a.m......3471
Railroad Commission of Texas
Tuesday, April 8, 1997, 9:00 a.m......3471
Tuesday, April 15, 1997, 9:30 a.m......3471
Red River Compact Commission
Tuesday, April 22, 1997, 8:30 a.m......3471
Council on Sex Offender Treatment
Sunday, April 13, 1997, 5:00 p.m......3471
Monday, April 14, 1997, 8:30 a.m......3472
Board of Tax Professional Examiners
Wednesday, April 16, 1997, 9:30 a.m......3472
Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund  Board
Friday, April 11, 1997, 8:45 a.m......3472
Friday, April 11, 1997, 9:30 a.m......3472
Friday, April 11, 1997, 10:00 a.m......3473
The Texas A&M University System
Thursday, April 10, 1997, 10:00 a.m......3473
The University of Texas System
Wednesday, April 9, 1997, 9:00 a.m......3473
Wednesday, April 9, 1997, 11:45 a.m......3473
Wednesday, April 9, 1997, 12:00 noon.....3474
University Interscholastic League
Monday, April 7, 1997, 1:00 p.m......3474
University Of Houston System
Thursday, April 10, 1997, 2:15 p.m......3474
Monday, April 21, 1997, 2:00 p.m......3474
Texas On-Site Wastewater Treatment Research  Council
Sunday, April 13, 1997, 1:00 p.m......3474
Texas Council on Workforce and Economic  Competitiveness
Thursday, April 17, 1997, 10:30 a.m......3475
Texas Workforce Commission
Tuesday, April 8, 1997, 9:00 a.m......3475
Regional Meetings
****IN ADDITION****
Office of the Attorney General
Publication after Entering into Major Consulting Services Contract  .....3481
Coastal Coordination Council
Office of the Consumer Credit Commissioner 
Notice of Rate Ceiling.....3482
Texas Education Agency
Request for Proposals Concerning Collecting and Reporting Information to  the 
Texas Education Agency in Monitoring Publicly Funded Special Education  
Programs.....3483
Edwards Aquifer Authority 
Employees Retirement System of Texas 
Consultant Contract Flexible Benefits Program .....3483
General Land Office
Notice of Funds Availability-Texas Coastal Management Program Grants .....3483
Texas Department of Health
Notice of Amended Emergency Impoundment Order  .....3484
Notice of Emergency Order.....3485
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board 
Award of Consultant Contract .....3485
Texas Department of Housing and Community  Affairs
Housing Trust Fund-Notice of Funding Availability.....3485
Texas Department of Housing and Community  Affairs
Public Hearing to Receive Comment on the Draft 1997 Qualified Allocation  Plan 
and Rules.....3486
Texas Department of Human Services 
Request for Information-Document Management and Imaging Needs for the Legal  
Division.....3486
Texas Department of Insurance
Insurer Services.....3487
Notice.....3487
Notice of Public Hearing.....3487
Notice of Public Hearing.....3488
Texas Department of Insurance
Third Party Administrator Applications.....3488
Third Party Administrator Application  .....3488
Texas State Library and Archives Commission 
Quarterly Report of Consultant Contract Reports Received by the Texas State  
Library .....3488
Texas Department of Mental Health and  Mental Retardation
Notice of Public Hearing .....3489
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission 
Correction of Errors.....3489
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
Enforcement Orders, Week Ending April 4, 1997.....3489
Notice Of Application For Municipal Solid Waste Management Permit For The  
Period Of March 24 - April 4, 1997.....3491
Notice of Applications for Waste Disposal Permits for the Week Ending April  1, 
1997-April 3, 1997.....3491
Provisionally-Issued Temporary Permits to Appropriate State Water for the  Week 
ending March 28, 1997.....3492
Public Utility Commission of Texas
Notice of Application for Approval of Intralata Equal Access Implementation  
Plan and Petition for Suspension of Implementation Plan Schedule Pursuant  to 
Public Utility Commission Substantive Rule 23.103  .....3493
Notice of Application for Approval of Intralata Equal Access Implementation  Pln 
Pursuant to Public Utility Commission Substantive Rule 23.103 .....3493
Notice of Application for Approval of Special Amortization.....3494
Notice of Application to Amend Certificate of Convenience and Necessity 
.....3494
Notice of Intent to File Pursuant to Public Utility Commission Substantive  Rule 
23.27.....3495
.....3495
Notice of Workshop on Universal Service Issues.....3496
Public Notice of Interconnection Agreement.....3496
.....3497
Public Notices of Interconnection Agreement.....3497
Public Notice of Modified Interconnection Agreement.....3500
Public Notice of Physical Collocation Interconnection Agreement.....3500
Texas Racing Commission
Correction of Errors.....3501
Texas A&M University
Request for Proposal.....3501
Texas Department of Transportation
Request for Proposals.....3501
Texas Water Development Board
Applications Received .....3503