REVIEW OF AGENCY RULES
This Section contains notices of state agency rules review as directed by the 
75th Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1 (General Appropriations Act) 
Art. IX, Section 167. Included here are: (1) notices of plan to review; (2) 
notices of intention to review, which invite public comment to specified rules; 
and (3) notices of readoption, which summarize public comment to specified 
rules. The complete text of an agency's plan to review is available after it is 
filed with the Secretary of State on the Secretary of State's web site 
(http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg). The complete text of an agency's rule being 
reviewed and considered for readoption is available in the Texas Administrative 
Code on the web site (http://www.sos.state.tx.us/tac).
For questions about the content and subject matter of rules, please contact the 
state agency that is reviewing the rules. Questions about the web site and 
printed copies of these notices may be directed to the Texas Register office.

Agency Rule Review Plans
Texas Workforce Commission
February 9, 1998
Office of the Texas State Chemist/Texas Feed and Fertilizer Control Service
February 10, 1998
General Land Office
February 19, 1998
Texas Racing Commission
February 20, 1998
Coastal Coordination Council
February 25, 1998
General Land Office
February 25, 1998

Proposed Rule Review
Texas Racing Commission
Pursuant to Chapter 1275, Acts of the 75th Legislature, 1997, sec.5(c), and the 
Appropriations Act, Article IX, sec.167, the Texas Racing Commission proposes to 
readopt Chapter 319, Veterinary Practices and Drug Testing.
Under the Texas Racing Act, Texas Civil Statutes, Article 179e, sec.3.16, the 
Commission is required to adopt rule prohibiting the illegal influencing of the 
outcome of a pari-mutuel horse or greyhound race. Those rules must include rules 
relating to the use of prohibited substances. Pursuant to this authority, the 
Commission adopted Chapter 319, which establishes the procedures for veterinary 
practices on race animals involved in pari-mutuel racing, as well as the 
procedures for conducting chemical analysis (drug testing) on specimens obtained 
from race animals.
To ensure the health and safety of race animals and the intergrity of pari-
mutuel racing, the Commission has determined that these rules relating to 
veterinary practices and drug testing should continue to exist.
Comments on Chapter 319 may be submitted to Paula C. Flowerday, Executive 
Secretary, P.O. Box 12080, Austin, Texas 78711, FAX (512) 833-6907, e-mail 
paula@txrc.state.tx.us.
TRD-9802573
Paula C. Flowerday
Executive Secretary
Texas Racing Commission
Filed: February 20, 1998