Texas Register
Vol. 23 No. 33
August 14, 1998
Pages 8307-8586

****ATTORNEY GENERAL****
Letter Opinions.....8317
Request for Opinion.....8317
****EMERGENCY RULES****
Teacher Retirement System of Texas
Insurance
34 TAC sec.41.13.....8319
****PROPOSED RULES****
Office of the Governor
Automobile Theft Prevention Authority
1 TAC sec.sec.4.2, 4.7, 4.14.....8321
Texas Health and Human Services Commission
Medicaid Reimbursement Rates
1 TAC sec.sec.355.451, 355.452, 355.456, 355.457.....8321
1 TAC sec.355.722.....8323
1 TAC sec.355.743.....8325
1 TAC sec.sec.355.751-355.753.....8329
Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs
Administration
10 TAC sec.sec.1.21, 1.23, 1.25.....8330
10 TAC sec.1.21.....8330
Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission
Marketing Practices
16 TAC sec.45.100.....8331
Texas Racing Commission
Licenses for Pari-Mutuel Racing
16 TAC sec.305.4.....8331
16 TAC sec.305.7.....8332
16 TAC sec.305.35.....8333
Operation of Racetracks
16 TAC sec.309.200.....8333
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Program Development
19 TAC sec.5.4.....8334
Board of Vocational Nurse Examiners
Licensing
22 TAC sec.235.48.....8335
Continuing Education
22 TAC sec.237.19.....8335
Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners
Licensing
22 TAC sec.365.5.....8336
Texas State Board of Public Accountancy
Professional Conduct
22 TAC sec.501.48.....8336
Texas Real Estate Commission
Provisions of the Real Estate License Act
22 TAC sec.535.66.....8337
Provisions of the Residential Service Company Act
22 TAC sec.539.51.....8338
Texas Board of Professional Land Surveying
General Rules of Procedures and Practices
22 TAC sec.661.121.....8338
Texas Department of Health
Purchased Health Services
25 TAC sec.29.1125.....8339
Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation
ICF/MR Programs
25 TAC sec.406.101.....8339
25 TAC sec.sec.406.201-406.214, 406.216, 406.217.....8340
25 TAC sec.sec.406.201-406.217.....8341
25 TAC sec.406.307.....8348
25 TAC sec.406.308.....8348
25 TAC sec.406.311.....8348
Medicaid Programs
25 TAC sec.sec.409.201-409.207.....8349
25 TAC sec.sec.409.251-409.255.....8349
25 TAC sec.sec.409.371-409.380.....8350
Local Authority Responsibilities
25 TAC sec.sec.412.451-412.466.....8351
Medicaid State Operating Agency Responsibilities
25 TAC sec.sec.419.371-419.379.....8355
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
Contracts
30 TAC sec.11.2, sec.11.3.....8358
Control of Air Pollution From Toxic Materials
30 TAC sec.sec.113.31-113.37.....8362
30 TAC sec.sec.113.41-113.48.....8362
30 TAC sec.sec.113.51-113.54.....8363
30 TAC sec.113.55.....8363
30 TAC sec.sec.113.61-113.68.....8364
Control of Air Pollution From Motor Vehicles
30 TAC sec.114.260.....8364
Texas Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners
Definitions
40 TAC sec.362.1.....8369
Requirements for Licensure
40 TAC sec.364.1.....8371
Application for License
40 TAC sec.366.1.....8372
License Renewal
40 TAC sec.370.1.....8372
Inactive/Retiree Status
40 TAC sec.371.1.....8374
Provision of Services
40 TAC sec.372.1.....8375
Supervision
40 TAC sec.373.1.....8375
Texas Department of Transportation
Public Information
43 TAC sec.3.24, sec.3.25.....8378
Finance
43 TAC sec.sec.5.1-5.3.....8379
Bridge Division
43 TAC sec.7.1.....8380
43 TAC sec.7.11.....8380
43 TAC sec.7.21.....8380
Transportation Planning and Programming
43 TAC sec.sec.15.51, 15.52, 15.54.....8381
Traffic Operations
43 TAC sec.sec.25.421, 25.422, 25.424.....8384
Texas Turnpike Authority Division
Contracting and Procurement Procedures
43 TAC sec.sec.53.1-53.12.....8390
43 TAC sec.sec.53.20-53.30.....8395
43 TAC sec.sec.53.50-53.54.....8398
43 TAC sec.sec.53.60-53.71.....8402
Private Involvement in TTA Projects
43 TAC sec.sec.54.1-54.6.....8408
Automobile Theft Prevention Authority
Automobile Theft Prevention Authority
43 TAC sec.57.48.....8414
****WITHDRAWN RULES****
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
Control of Air Pollution From Motor Vehicles
30 TAC sec.114.260.....8417
Texas Department of Human Services
Community Living Assistance and Support Services
40 TAC sec.sec.45.201, 45.203, 45.205, 45.207, 45.209, 45.211, 45.213, 
45.215.....8417
40 TAC sec.45.315.....8417
Community Care for Aged and Disabled
40 TAC sec.sec.48.6003, 48.6041, 48.6042, 48.6044, 48. 6046, 48.6048, 
48.6064.....8417
****ADOPTED RULES****
Texas Health and Human Services Commission
Coordinated Planning and Delivery of Health and Human Services
1 TAC sec.351.13.....8419
Medicaid Reimbursement Rates
1 TAC sec.355.7001.....8422
Texas Motor Vehicle Board
Warranty Performance Obligations
16 TAC sec.107.8.....8425
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Program Development
19 TAC sec.5.11.....8425
19 TAC sec.sec.5.171-5.175.....8426
19 TAC sec.sec.5.261-5.267.....8426
Creation, Expansion, Dissolution, or Conservatorship of Public Community/Junior 
College Districts
19 TAC sec.sec.8.71-8.76.....8427
Program Development in Public Community/Junior College Districts and Technical 
Colleges
19 TAC sec.9.1.....8427
19 TAC sec.sec.9.21-9.31.....8429
19 TAC sec.sec.9.51-9.55.....8430
Public Junior Colleges
19 TAC sec.sec.9.61-9.77.....8430
Program Development in Public Community/Junior College Districts and Technical 
Colleges
19 TAC sec.sec.9.71-9.77.....8431
Public Junior Colleges
19 TAC sec.sec.9.91-9.111.....8431
Program Development in Public Community/Junior College Districts and Technical 
Colleges
19 TAC sec.sec.9.91-9.97.....8432
19 TAC sec.sec.9.111-9.117.....8432
19 TAC sec.sec.9.121-9.128.....8432
Public Junior Colleges
19 TAC sec.sec.9.131-9.137.....8433
19 TAC sec.sec.9.151-9.156.....8433
Program Development in Public Community/Junior College Districts and Technical 
Colleges
19 TAC sec.sec.9.161-9.163.....8434
Public Junior Colleges
19 TAC sec.sec.9.171-9.174.....8434
19 TAC sec.sec.9.191-9.194.....8435
19 TAC sec.sec.9.211-9.216.....8435
19 TAC sec.sec.9.251-9.255.....8435
19 TAC sec.sec.9.270-9.283.....8436
Texas State Technical College
19 TAC sec.sec.11.1-11.6.....8436
Texas State Technical College System
19 TAC sec.sec.11.1-11.3.....8436
Texas State Technical College
19 TAC sec.sec.11.21-11.27.....8437
Texas State Technical College System
19 TAC sec.sec.11.21-11.30.....8437
Texas State Technical College
19 TAC sec.sec.11.41-11.55.....8437
Texas State Board of Public Accountancy
The Board
22 TAC sec.505.10.....8438
Texas Real Estate Commission
Provisions of the Real Estate License Act
22 TAC sec.535.400, sec.535.403.....8438
Structural Pest Control Board
General Provisions
22 TAC sec.591.21.....8438
Compliance and Enforcement
22 TAC sec.595.5.....8439
Treatment Standards
22 TAC sec.599.7.....8439
Texas State Board of Examiners of Perfusionists
Perfusionists
22 TAC sec.761.2.....8439
Texas Department of Health
Purchased Health Services
25 TAC sec.29.6.....8440
25 TAC sec.29.308.....8440
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
Control of Air Pollution From Motor Vehicles
30 TAC sec.114.1, sec.114.3.....8441
30 TAC sec.sec.114.150, 114.151, 114.153-114.157.....8447
30 TAC sec.114.152.....8447
30 TAC sec.114.201, sec.114.202.....8447
30 TAC sec.114.200.....8448
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Finance
31 TAC sec.53.8.....8449
31 TAC sec.53.80.....8449
Wildlife
31 TAC sec.sec.65.3, 65.9-65.11, 65.24, 65.28, 65.30, 65.31.....8450
31 TAC sec.65.33.....8455
31 TAC sec.sec.65.42, 65.46, 65.54.....8455
31 TAC sec.65.50, sec.65.52.....8457
31 TAC sec.65.71, sec.65.72.....8457
31 TAC sec.65.26.....8457
31 TAC sec.sec.65.131-65.138.....8458
31 TAC sec.sec.65.190, 65.193, 65.200.....8460
31 TAC sec.sec.65.309, 65.312-65.316, 65.319.....8461
Comptroller of Public Accounts
Tax Administration
34 TAC sec.3.558.....8463
Texas Youth Commission
Interaction with the Public
37 TAC sec.81.36.....8463
Admission and Placement
37 TAC sec.sec.85.21, 85.23, 85.25.....8463
Treatment
37 TAC sec.87.51.....8464
Program Services
37 TAC sec.91.21.....8464
37 TAC sec.91.61.....8465
Youth Discipline
37 TAC sec.95.3, sec.95.15.....8465
Texas Department of Human Services
Community Living Assistance and Support Services
40 TAC sec.sec.45.301, 45.303, 45.305, 45.307, 45.309, 45.311, 45.313, 45.317, 
45.319, 45.321, 45.323, 45.325, 45.327, 45.329, 45.331, 45.333, 45.335, 45.337, 
45.339, 45.341, 45.343.....8467
40 TAC sec.sec.45.401, 45.403.....8471
Community Care for Aged and Disabled
40 TAC sec.sec.48.6050, 48.6052, 48.6054, 48.6056, 48.6058, 48.6060, 48.6062, 
48.6066, 48.6068, 48.6070, 48.6072, 48.6074, 48.6076, 48.6078, 48.6080, 48.6082, 
48.6084, 48.6086, 48.6088, 48.6090.....8473
Texas Workforce Commission
Propriety Schools
40 TAC sec.sec.807.1-807.6.....8486
40 TAC sec.807.3.....8487
40 TAC sec.sec.807.11-807.17.....8487
40 TAC sec.sec.807.31-807.37.....8488
40 TAC sec.sec.807.51-807.53.....8488
40 TAC sec.sec.807.61-807.65.....8489
40 TAC sec.sec.807.81-807.84.....8489
40 TAC sec.sec.807.91-807.104.....8491
40 TAC sec.807.101.....8493
40 TAC sec.sec.807.111-807.113.....8493
40 TAC sec.sec.807.121-807.131.....8493
40 TAC sec.sec.807.121-807.126.....8494
40 TAC sec.sec.807.141-807.147.....8495
40 TAC sec.sec.807.161-807.164.....8496
40 TAC sec.sec.807.171-807.175.....8496
40 TAC sec.sec.807.191-807.194.....8497
40 TAC sec.sec.807.211-807.214.....8497
40 TAC sec.807.221, sec.807.222.....8497
40 TAC sec.sec.807.231-807.235.....8497
40 TAC sec.807.251, sec.807.252.....8499
Texas Department of Transportation
Bridge Division
43 TAC sec.7.41.....8499
43 TAC sec.7.61.....8499
43 TAC sec.7.71.....8499
Traffic Operations
43 TAC sec.sec.25.70-25.72, 25.74-25.76.....8500
Texas Turnpike Authority Division
Management
43 TAC sec.50.1.....8503
43 TAC sec.sec.50.3-50.30.....8504
43 TAC sec.50.33.....8504
43 TAC sec.50.44, sec.50.45.....8504
43 TAC sec.sec.50.50-50.54.....8504
43 TAC sec.sec.50.60-50.62.....8504
Automobile Theft Prevention Authority
Automobile Theft Prevention Authority
43 TAC sec.sec.57.53-57.56.....8505
****RULE REVIEW****
Proposed Rule Reviews
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission.....8507
Texas Structural Pest Control Board.....8507
Board of Vocational Nurse Examiners.....8508
Adopted Rule Reviews
Texas Education Agency.....8508
Texas Department of Insurance.....8508
Board of Vocational Nurse Examiners.....8508
****TABLES AND GRAPHICS****
Tables and Graphics.....8511
****OPEN MEETINGS****
State Office of Administrative Hearings
Tuesday, November 17, 1998, 9:00 a.m......8535
Texas Department on Aging
Wednesday, August 12, 1998, 2:00 p.m......8535
Automobile Theft Prevention Authority
Thursday, August 13, 1998, 9:00 a.m......8535
Thursday, August 13, 1998, 10:30 a.m......8536
Thursday, August 13, 1998, 10:30 a.m......8536
Texas Bond Review Board
Tuesday, August 11, 1998, 10:00 a.m......8536
Tuesday, August 11, 1998, 11:00 a.m......8536
Coastal Coordination Council
Wednesday, August 12, 1998, 1:30 p.m......8537
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Friday, August 14, 1998, 10:00 a.m......8537
Interagency Council on Early Childhood Intervention
Wednesday, August 19, 1998, 10:30 a.m......8537
Texas Education Agency
Monday-Wednesday, August 17-19, 1998, 8:30 a.m......8537
Monday, August 31, 1998, 1:30 p.m......8537
Advisory Commission on State Emergency Communications 
Thursday, August 13, 1998, 10:00 a.m......8538
Employees Retirement System of Texas
Tuesday, August 11, 1998, 1:00 p.m......8538
Wednesday, August 12, 1998, 9:00 a.m......8538
Wednesday, August 12, 1998, 9:30 p.m......8538
Texas Ethics Commission
Friday, August 14, 1998, 9:30 a.m......8538
Finance Commission of Texas
Friday, August 14, 1998, 8:00 a.m.(Rescheduled from August 13, 1998).....8538
Friday, August 14, 1998, 9:00 a.m. (rescheduled from August 14, 1998, 8:30 
a.m.).....8539
Fire Fighters' Pension Commission
Thursday, August 13, 1998, 1:00 p.m......8539
General Services Commission
Friday, August 21, 1998, 9:00 a.m......8540
Office of the Govenor-Criminal Justice Division
Wednesday, August 12, 1998, 1:00 p.m......8540
Texas Grain Sorghum Producers Board
Monday, August 17, 1998, 8:00 a.m......8540
Texas Department of Health
Friday, August 21, 1998, 1:30 p.m......8540
Health Professional Council
Monday, August 17, 1998, 9:00 a.m......8540
Texas Department of Insurance 
Thursday, August 20, 1998, 9:00 a.m......8541
Monday, August 24, 1998, 9:00 a.m......8541
Monday, August 24, 1998, 1:00 p.m......8541
Monday, August 31, 1998, 9:00 a.m......8541
Tuesday, September 1, 1998, 9:00 a.m......8541
Wednesday, September 9, 1998, 10:00 a.m......8541
Thursday, October 8, 1998, 9:00 a.m......8542
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation
Wednesday, August 5, 1998, 9:30 a.m......8542
Wednesday, August 5, 1998, 1:30 p.m......8542
Thursday, August 6, 1998, 1:30 p.m......8542
Tuesday, August 18, 1998, 1:00 p.m......8542
Midwestern State University 
Thursday, August 6, 1998, 2:00 p.m......8543
Thursday, August 6, 1998, 3:00 p.m......8543
Thursday, August 6, 1998, 3:30 p.m......8543
Thursday, August 6, 1998, 4:00 p.m......8544
Thursday, August 6, 1998, 4:15 p.m......8544
Thursday, August 6, 1998, 4:30 p.m......8544
Friday, August 7, 1998, 9:00 a.m......8544
Texas Military Facilities Commission
Thursday, August 13, 1998, 8:00 a.m......8544
Texas Mohair Producers Board
Wednesday, August 13, 1998, 3:00 p.m......8544
Board of Nurse Examiners
Tuesday, August 11, 1998, 9:00 a.m......8545
Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles
Friday, August 14, 1998, 8:00 a.m......8545
Texas Property and Casualty Insurance Guaranty Association
Thursday, August 13, 1998, 9:00 a.m......8545
Texas Public Finance Authority
Wednesday, August 12, 1998, 10:30 a.m......8545
Wednesday, August 12, 1998, 10:30 a.m......8546
Texas Department of Public Safety 
Wednesday-Thursday, August 12-13, 1998, 10:00 and 8:30 a.m. 
(respectively.).....8546
Public Utility Commission of Texas
Wednesday, August 12, 1998, 9:30 a.m......8546
Wednesday, August 12, 1998, 9:30 a.m......8547
Railroad Commission of Texas
Tuesday, August 11, 1998, 9:30 a.m......8547
Rural Community Health System
Friday, August 14, 1998, 5:00 p.m......8547
Center for Rural Health Initiatives
Monday, August 10, 1998, 10:00 a.m......8547
Texas Senate
Friday, August 14, 1998, 10:00 a.m......8547
Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund Board
Thursday, August 13, 1998, 1:30 p.m......8548
Friday, August 14, 1998, 8:30 a.m......8548
Friday, August 14, 1998, 9:30 a.m......8548
Friday, August 14, 1998, 10:00 a.m......8548
Texas A&M University System, Board of Regents
Thursday-Friday, August 6-7, 1998, 9:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. 
(respectively.).....8549
Texas State University System
Wednesday-Thursday, August 12-13, 1998, 8:30 a.m. and 8:45 a.m. 
(respectively.).....8549
University Interscholastic League
Monday, August 3, 1998, 1:00 p.m......8549
Tuesday, August 4, 1998, 9:00 a.m......8549
University of North Texas
Thursday, June 6, 1998, 3:00 p.m......8550
University of Texas System
Monday August 3, 1998, 1:30 p.m......8550
Wednesday-Thursday, August 12-13, 1998, 2:15 p.m. and 8:45 a.m. 
(respectively.).....8550
Thursday, August 13, 1998, 1:00 p.m......8550
Texas Workers' Compensation Commission
Thursday, August 6, 1998, 10:00 a.m......8551
Texas Workforce Commission
Tuesday, August 11, 1998, 9:00 a.m......8551
Regional Meetings.....8551
****IN ADDITION****
Texas Animal Health Commission 
Corrections of Error.....8557
Coastal Coordination Council
Notice and Opportunity to Comment on Requests for Consistency 
Agreement/Concurrence under the Texas Coastal Management Program.....8557
Deep East Texas Council of Governments/East Texas Regional Water Planning Group
Request for Qualifications.....8558
Employees Retirement System of Texas
Corrections of Error.....8559
Texas Ethics Commission
Texas Ethics Commission List of Late Filers.....8559
General Services Commission
Notice To Bidders, Project Number 96-001E-303.....8560
Texas Department of Health
Notice of Public Hearing.....8560
Notice of Request for Proposals for Minority Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) 
Prevention Funds.....8560
Texas Statewide Health Coordinating Council
Notice of Proposed 1999 - 2000 Texas State Health Plan.....8561
Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs
Notice of Funding Availability.....8561
Notice of Public Hearings.....8562
Request for Proposal for Bond Counsel.....8563
Request for Proposal for Bond/Securities Disclosure Counsel.....8564
Texas Department of Human Services
Vender Service Request - Delivery of Long Term Care (LTC) Services.....8564
Texas Department of Insurance 
Insurer Services.....8565
Notices.....8565
Notice of Applications by Small Employer Carriers to be Risk-Assuming 
Carriers.....8565
Notice of Public Hearing.....8566
Third Party Administrator Applications.....8566
Legislature Budget Board
Schedule for Joint Budget Hearings on Appropriations Requests for the 2000-2001 
Biennium (August 17 - August 28, 1998).....8566
Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation
Notice to Bidders on Emergency Repairs at Austin State Hospital.....8573
Notice to Bidders on Reroofing at Austin State Hospital.....8573
Notice to Bidders on Reroofing at Rio Grande State Center.....8573
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
Corrections of Error.....8573
Notice of Availability/Invitation to Comment.....8574
Notice of Opportunity to Comment on Default Orders of Administrative Enforcement 
Actions.....8574
Notices of Opportunity to Comment on Settlement Agreements of Administrative 
Enforcement Actions.....8575
Notices of Public Hearings.....8577
Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services
Corrections of Error.....8578
Public Utility Commission of Texas
Applications to Introduce New or Modified Rates or Terms Pursuant to P.U.C. 
Substantive Rule sec.23.25.....8578
Notice of Application for Modification of Entergy Gulf States' Interruptible 
Service Rider to Approve Buy-Through Option During Periods of 
Interruption.....8578
Notices of Applications for Service Provider Certificate of Operating 
Authority.....8579
Notices of Intent to File Pursuant to P.U.C. Substantive Rule sec.23.27.....8579
Public Notice of Amendment to Interconnection Agreement.....8580
Public Notices Of Interconnection Agreements.....8581
Research and Oversight Council on Workers' Compensation
Proposed FY 1999 and FY 2000 Research Agendas.....8582
South East Texas Regional Planning Commission
Request for Proposal Socio-Economic/Demographic Factors.....8583
The University of Texas System 
Request for Information (RFI).....8584
Texas Water Development Board
Applications Received.....8584
Correction of Error.....8586
Texas Workforce Commission
Request For Proposals.....8586