Texas Register
Vol. 22 No. 69
September 26, 1997
Pages 9569-9772

****ATTORNEY GENERAL****
Request for Opinions.....9577
****SECRETARY OF STATE****
Election Law Opinion.....9579
****EMERGENCY RULES****
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Student Services
19 TAC sec.21.509.....9581
19 TAC sec.21.1055, sec.21.1057.....9581
Grant and Scholarship Programs
19 TAC sec.22.103, sec.22.104.....9582
19 TAC sec.sec.22.123, 22.124, 22.125.....9583
19 TAC sec.22.163.....9584
****PROPOSED RULES****
Texas Department of Banking
Prepaid Funeral Contracts
7 TAC sec.25.23.....9585
7 TAC sec.25.51, sec.25.54.....9586
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Student Services
19 TAC sec.21.509.....9587
19 TAC sec.21.1055, sec.21.1057.....9587
Grant and Scholarship Programs
19 TAC sec.22.103, sec.22.104.....9588
19 TAC sec.sec.22.123, 22.124, 22.125.....9588
19 TAC sec.22.163.....9589
State Committee of Examiners in the Fitting and Dispensing of Hearing 
Instruments
Fitting and Dispensing of Hearing Instruments 
22 TAC sec.141.16.....9589
Texas State Board of Medical Examiners
Physician Assistants
22 TAC sec.sec.185.2, 185.4, 185.6, 185.19, 185.20-185.23, 185.25.....9590
22 TAC sec.185.21.....9593
Texas State Board of Public Accountancy
Professional Conduct
22 TAC sec.501.40.....9594
22 TAC sec.501.43.....9594
Fee Schedule
22 TAC sec.521.1.....9595
Texas Department of Health
Communicable Diseases
25 TAC sec.sec.97.1-97.5.....9595
25 TAC sec.97.63.....9598
25 TAC sec.sec.97.171, 97.173, 97.177, 97.178, 97.190, 97.191.....9598
Occupational Conditions [Diseases] Reporting
25 TAC sec.99.1.....9600
Permits for Contact Lens Dispensers
25 TAC sec.sec.128.1-128.9.....9602
Medical Radiologic Technologists
25 TAC sec.143.19.....9605
Radiation Control
25 TAC sec.289.123.....9607
25 TAC sec.289.260.....9607
Radiation Control
25 TAC sec.289.126.....9622
25 TAC sec.289.204.....9623
Texas Department of Mental Health Mental Retardation 
Standards and Quality Assurance
25 TAC sec.sec.408.101-408.106.....9625
Interagency Council on Early Childhood Intervention 
Early Childhood Intervention
25 TAC sec.621.23.....9626
Texas Workers' Compensation Commission
Practice and Procedures
28 TAC sec.102.2.....9626
Fees
28 TAC sec.108.1.....9627
Self-Insurance
28 TAC sec.114.4.....9628
Education and Training of Ombudsman
28 TAC sec.125.1, sec.125.2.....9629
General Provisions Applicable to All Benefits 
28 TAC sec.126.11.....9630
Income Benefits - Temporary Income Benefits 
28 TAC sec.129.3.....9633
General Medical Provisions
28 TAC sec.133.103.....9634
Dispute Resolution - Agreements, Settlements, Commutations
28 TAC sec.147.11.....9635
Accident Prevention Services
28 TAC sec.166.1.....9637
General Land Office
Rules of Practice and Procedures
31 TAC sec.sec.2.1-2.28.....9638
Comptroller of Public Accounts
Property Tax Administration
34 TAC sec.9.4026, sec.9.4028.....9645
34 TAC sec.9.4035.....9646
Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Faith Based Chemical Depdency Programs
40 TAC sec.sec.145.11, 145.21-145.25.....9647
Approved Drug and Alcohol Driving Awareness Programs 
40 TAC sec.sec.146.1-146.9.....9648
40 TAC sec.sec.146.25-146.36.....9649
Facility Licensure
40 TAC sec.148.2.....9650
40 TAC sec.148.61.....9650
Texas Commission for the Blind
Criss Cole Rehabilitation Center
40 TAC sec.sec.162.1-162.5.....9651
40 TAC sec.sec.162.1-162.3.....9651
40 TAC sec.sec.162.10-162.22.....9652
****ADOPTED RULES****
Texas Department of Agriculture
Seed Certification Standards
4 TAC sec.10.15.....9657
4 TAC sec.10.21.....9657
Railroad Commission of Texas
Liquefied Petroleum Gas Division
16 TAC sec.9.183.....9659
16 TAC sec.sec.9.801, 9.804, 9.807, 9.810, 9.813, 9.816.....9659
16 TAC sec.9.251.....9659
16 TAC sec.9.184.....9659
16 TAC sec.9.679.....9660
16 TAC sec.9.1764.....9660
Public Utility Commission of Texas
Substantive Rule
16 TAC sec.23.97, sec.23.106.....9660
Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists 
Fees
22 TAC sec.473.3.....9672
Texas Department of Health
Texas Board of Health
25 TAC sec.sec.1.6, 1.7.....9672
Medicaid Managed Care
25 TAC sec.sec.30.22, 30.23.....9673
Communicable Diseases
25 TAC sec.sec.97140-97.143.....9677
Texas Department of Insurance
Trade Practices
28 TAC sec.21.113.....9677
Texas Workers' Compensation Commission
Required Notices of Coverage
28 TAC sec.110.108.....9678
Claimants
28 TAC sec.122.3, sec.122.4.....9682
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Wildlife
31 TAC sec.sec.65.42, 65.62, 65.64.....9687
31 TAC sec.sec.65.317, 65.320.....9688
31 TAC sec.sec.65.317, 65.318, 65.320.....9688
Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Facility Licensure
40 TAC sec.sec.148.111, 148.113-148.117.....9690
40 TAC sec.sec.148.211-148.214.....9691
40 TAC sec.sec.148.281-148.283.....9693
40 TAC sec.148.291.....9694
40 TAC sec.sec.148.301, 148.303, 148.304.....9695
Texas Workforce Commission
Skills Development Fund
40 TAC sec.803.1.....9697
40 TAC sec.sec.803.1-803.3.....9697
40 TAC sec.sec.803.31-803.35.....9698
40 TAC sec.sec.803.31-803.35.....9699
****EXEMPT FILINGS****
Texas Department of Insurance
PROPOSED ACTION.....9701
****TABLES AND GRAPHICS****
Tables and Graphics.....9703
****OPEN MEETINGS****
State Office of Administrative Hearings
Monday, September 29, 1997, 1:00 p.m......9725
Texas Department on Aging 
Wednesday, October 8, 1997, 10:00 a.m......9725
Thursday, October 9, 1997, 10:00 a.m......9725
Texas Department of Agriculture
Tuesday, September 30, 1997, 10:00 a.m......9725
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station 
Tuesday, September 30, 1997, 10:00 a.m......9726
Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission
Friday, September 26, 1997, 1:30 p.m......9726
Texas Council on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders
Wednesday, September 24, 1997, 10:00 a.m......9726
Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Friday, September 26, 1997, 8:15 a.m......9726
Friday, September 26, 1997, 9:00 a.m......9727
Friday, September 26, 1997, 9:00 a.m......9727
Friday, September 26, 1997, 9:00 a.m......9727
Friday, September 26, 1997, 10:00 a.m......9728
Texas Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Friday, September 26, 1997, 9:00 a.m......9728
Employee Retirement System of Texas
Wednesday, September 24, 1997, 10:00 a.m......9728
Texas Funeral Service Commission
Tuesday, Wednesday, September 16-17, 1997, 1:00 p.m......9729
Texas Department of Health
Monday, September 29, 1997, 9:30 a.m......9729
Texas Health Care Information Council 
Tuesday, September 30, 1997, 8:00 a.m......9729
Tuesday, September 30, 1997, 8:00 a.m......9729
Tuesday, September 30, 1997, 8:00 a.m......9730
Tuesday, September 30, 1997, 9:00 a.m......9730
Thursday, October 9, 1997, 9:00 a.m......9730
Texas Health Insurance Risk Pool
Friday, September 26, 1997, 9:30 a.m. .....9730
Texas Health Reinsurance System
Tuesday, September 30, 1997, 9:00 a.m......9730
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board 
Monday, September 29, 1997, 1:00 p.m......9731
Texas Historical Commission
Friday, September 26, 1997, 10:30 a.m......9731
State Independent Living Council
Thursday-Friday, October 2-3, 1997, 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. respectively 
.....9731
Texas Department of Insurance
Monday, October 13, 1997, 9:00 a.m. .....9731
Wednesday, October 15, 1997, 1:00 p.m......9731
Thursday, October 16, 1997, 9:00 a.m......9732
Tuesday, October 21, 1997, 1:00 p.m......9732
Wednesday, October 22, 1997, 9:00 a.m......9732
General Land Office
Wednesday, September 24, 1997, 3:00 p.m......9732
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation 
Thursday, September 25, 1997, 9:30 a.m......9732
Monday, September 29, 1997, 1:30 p.m......9733
Tuesday, September 30, 1997, 10:30 a.m., rescheduled from Friday, August 8, 
1997.....9733
Wednesday, October 1, 1997, 9:00 a.m......9733
Wednesday, October 1, 1997, 1:00 p.m......9733
Texas Mental Health and Mental Retardation Board
Wednesday, September 24, 1997, 9:30 a.m......9734
Wednesday, September 24, 1997, 10:00 a.m......9734
Wednesday, September 24, 1997, 1:00 p.m......9735
Wednesday, September 24, 1997,, 1:30 p.m......9735
Thursday, September 25, 1997, 9:00 a.m......9735
Thursday, September 25, 1997 — 10:30 a.m......9735
Texas Military Facilities Commission 
Saturday, October 4, 1997- Personnel Committee — 9:00 a.m., Full 
Commission, 1:00 p.m......9736
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission 
Wednesday, October 1, 1997, 9:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m......9736
Wednesday, October 1, 1997, 9:30 a.m......9736
Tuesday, October 7, 1997, 10:00 a.m......9736
Thursday, October 23, 1997, 10:00 a.m......9736
Thursday, October 23, 1997, 6:30 p.m......9737
Texas Council on Offenders with Mental Impairments
Monday, October 6, 1997, 9:30 a.m......9737
Monday, October 6, 1997, 1:30 p.m......9737
Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles
Tuesday, September 23, 1997, 8:00 a.m......9737
Texas Board of Private Investigators and Private Security Agencies
Monday, September 29, 1997, 8:30 a.m......9738
Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services
Friday, September 26, 1997, 9:30 a.m......9738
Texas Public Finance Authority
Wednesday, September 24, 1997, 10:30 a.m......9738
Public Utility Commission of Texas
Tuesday, September 23, 1997, 9:00 a.m......9739
Wednesday, September 24, 1997, 9:30 a.m......9739
Wednesday, September 24, 1997, 1:00 p.m......9739
Friday, September 26, 1997, 9:30 a.m......9740
Railroad Commission of Texas
Tuesday, September 30, 1997, 9:30 a.m. .....9740
Structural Pest Control Board
Friday, September 26, 1997, 2:00 p.m......9740
Teacher Retirement System of Texas
Thursday, September 25, 1997, 8:30 a.m......9740
Thursday, September 25, 1997, 10:30 a.m......9740
Thursday, September 25, 1997, 11:30 a.m......9741
Thursday, September 25, 1997, 1:30 p.m......9741
Friday, September 26, 1997, 8:00 a.m......9741
Friday, September 26, 1997, 8:00 a.m......9741
Friday, September 26, 1997, 9:00 a.m......9742
Texas A&M University System, Board of Regents
Friday, September 19, 1997 at 1:00 p.m......9742
Wednesday, September 24, 1997 at 1:00 p.m......9742
Thursday, September 25, 1997, 8:30 a.m., Reconvene September 26, 1997, 11:15 or 
upon adjournment of meeting of Campus Art Committee.....9743
Thursday, September 25, 1997, 9:30 a.m., (or upon recess of the Board Meeting) 
.....9743
Thursday, September 25, 1997, 10:30 a.m., (or upon recess or adjournment of 
Committee on Audit).....9743
Friday, September 26, 1997, 8:30 a.m......9743
Friday, September 26, 1997, 9:30 a.m. (or upon adjournment of the Committee on 
Finance Meeting).....9743
Friday, September 26, 1997, 11:00 a.m. (or upon adjournment or recess of 
Committee on Buildings and Physical Plant).....9744
Texas Southern University
Thursday, October 2, 1997, 10:00 a.m......9744
Thursday, October 2, 1997, 11:15 a.m......9744
Thursday, October 2, 1997, 11:45 a.m......9744
Thursday, October 2, 1997, 12:15 p.m......9744
Thursday, October 2, 1997, 1:15 p.m......9744
Friday, October 3, 1997, 8:30 a.m......9744
Texas State Technical College System 
Monday, September 22, 1997 at 10:00 a.m......9745
Texas Department of Transportation
Thursday, September 25, 1997, 9:00 a.m......9745
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Wednesday, September 24, 1997, 3:00 p.m......9745
University of Texas Health Center at Tyler
Thursday, October 2, 1997, Noon......9745
University of Texas System
Thursday, September 25, 1997, 2:00 p.m......9745
Texas Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners 
Thursday-Friday, October 2-3, 1997, 8:30 a.m......9746
Texas Workers' Compensation Commission 
Friday, September 19, 1997, 11:30 a.m......9746
Texas Workforce Commission
Wednesday, September 24, 1997, 9:00 a.m......9746
Thursday, September 25, 1997, 9:00 a.m......9746
Regional Meetings
****IN ADDITION****
Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Notice of Public Hearings.....9751
Summary of Public Comments.....9751
Office of the Attorney General
Texas Solid Waste Disposal Act Enforcement Settlement Notice.....9753
Texas Water Code and Texas Health and Safety Code Enforcement Settlement 
Notice.....9753
Coastal Coordination Council
Notice and Opportunity to Comment on Requests for Consistency 
Agreement/Concurrence under the Texas Coastal Management Program  .....9753
Office of the Consumer Credit Commissioner 
Notice of Rate Ceiling.....9755
Texas Credit Union Department
Application to Amend Articles of Incorporation.....9755
Texas Education Agency
Notice of Consultant Contract Award.....9756
Governor's Office of Budget and Planning 
Request for Proposals for the FY 1999 State of Texas Federal and State Cost 
Allocation Plans .....9756
Texas Department of Health
Corrections of Error.....9756
Health and Human Services Commission 
Public Notice.....9757
Texas Department of Human Services
Public Notice-Announcement of Availability of Funds of Intent to Contract for 
Provision of Non-residential Services to Victims of Family Violence.....9757
Texas Department of Insurance 
Notice .....9757
Notice of Public Hearing.....9757
Third Party Administrator Applications.....9758
Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation
Notice of Request for Information (RFI).....9759
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission 
Applications for Waste Disposal/Discharge Permits.....9759
Notice of Availability .....9760
Notice of Opportunity to Comment on Default Orders of Administrative Enforcement 
Actions .....9760
Notice of Opportunity to Comment on Settlement Agreements of Administrative 
Enforcement Actions .....9762
Provisionally-Issued Temporary Permits to Appropriate State Water .....9763
Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission 
Request for Proposal.....9763
Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services
Notice of Intent to Contract.....9764
Public Utility Commission of Texas
Notice of Application for Amendment to Service Provider Certificate of Operating 
Authority .....9764
Notice of Application for Service Provider Certificate of Operating Authority 
.....9764
Notice of Intent to File Pursuant to Public Utility Commission Substantive Rule 
23.27 .....9765
Public Notices of Interconnection Agreement .....9765
Notice of Application for Service Provider Certificate of Operating Authority 
.....9768
The Texas A&M University System - Board of Regents 
Request for Information (RFI) .....9769
Texas Department of Transportation
Notice of Award.....9770
Request for Qualifications.....9770
Texas Workers' Compensation Commission 
Invitation to Applicants for Appointment to the Medical Advisory Committee  
.....9771