Texas Register
February 20, 1998
Vol. 23 No. 8
Pages 1441-1740

IN THIS ISSUE


ATTORNEY-GENERAL

Letter Opinion
Request for Opinion

PROPOSED

Health and Human Services

Medicaid Reimbursement Rates
1 TAC §355.502-§355.505

Texas Department of Agriculture

Boll Weevil Eradication Program
4 TAC §3.110

Texas Department of Economic Development

Enterprise Zone Program
10 TAC §§176.1-176.4, 176.7, 176.8, 176.10, 176.11

Public Utility Commission of Texas

Substantive Rules
16 TAC §23.93
Substantive Rules Applicable to Telecommunications Service Providers
16 TAC §26.141
16 TAC §26.283

Texas Department of Health

Purchased Health Services
25 TAC §29.1126
Cancer
25 TAC §§91.1-91.7
25 TAC §§91.1-91.14
Immunization Registry
25 TAC §§100.1-100.10
Abortion Facilities
25 TAC §§139.1-139.14
25 TAC §§139.1-139.8
25 TAC §§139.21-139.25
25 TAC §§139.31-139.34
25 TAC §§139.41-139.60
Radiation Control
25 TAC §289.114
25 TAC §289.203

Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission

Exemptions from Permitting
30 TAC §106.226
30 TAC §106.351
30 TAC §106.375
30 TAC §106.435
30 TAC §106.477

General Land Office

Land Resources
31 TAC §§13.71-13.86

Comptroller of Public Accounts

Tax Administration
34 TAC §3.251
34 TAC §3.285
34 TAC §3.298
34 TAC §3.329
34 TAC §3.372
34 TAC §3.422

Texas Department of Human Services

Medicaid Eligibility
40 TAC 15.610

WITHDRAWN

Texas Board of Architectural Examiners

Architects
22 TAC §1.161
Interior Design
22 TAC §5.171

Texas Funeral Service Commision

Licensing and Enforcement-Specific Substantive Rules
22 TAC §203.6

Edwards Aquifer Authority

Substantive Groundwater Withdrawal Permit Rules
31 TAC §705.13
31 TAC §§705.131, 705.133, 705.135, 705.137, 705.139, 705.141, 705.143, 705.145, 705.147, 705.149, 705.151, 705.153, 705.155, 705.157, 705.159, 705.161, 704.171, 705.173
31 TAC §705.223
Procedural Groundwater Withdrawal Permit Rules
31 TAC §707.55
31 TAC §§707.181, 707.183, 707.185, 707.187, 707.189, 707.191, 707.193
31 TAC §707.203
31 TAC §§707.407, 707.409, 707.411, 707.413, 707.415, 707.419, 707.421, 707.423, 707.427
31 TAC §§707.503, 707.505, 707.507, 707.511, 707.513, 707.515, 707.517, 707.519, 707.521, 707.523, 707.527, 707.529, 707.531, 707.533
31 TAC §§707.601, 707.603, 707.605
31 TAC §707.701, §707.707

ADOPTED

Office of the Attorney General

Child Support Enforcement
1 TAC §55.203

Office of the Secretary of State

Corporations
1 TAC §79.2
1 TAC §§79.13-79.15, 79.17-79.19
1 TAC §§79.21-79.28
1 TAC §§79.34, 79.43, 79.48, 79.50
1 TAC §§79.71-79.73
1 TAC §79.81, §79.82
Unincorporated Business Entities
1 TAC §§80.1-80.4
1 TAC §§80.1-80.7
1 TAC §80.29
Limited Partnership
1 TAC §§83.1-83.6
1 TAC §§83.1-83.5
1 TAC §§83.21-83.24
Trademarks
1 TAC §93.1, §93.2
1 TAC §§93.41, 93.42, 93.43
1 TAC §§93.51, 93.52, 93.53, 93.54, 93.55
1 TAC §§93.61, 93.62, 93.66, 93.67
1 TAC §93.91, §93.93
1 TAC §93.101
1 TAC §§93.112, 93.113, 93.117
1 TAC §§93.131, 93.132, 93.133
1 TAC §93.153
1 TAC §93.163
1 TAC §§93.181, 93.182, 93.183
1 TAC §93.63
1 TAC §93.114
1 TAC §93.152, §93.154
1 TAC §93.63
1 TAC §93.103
1 TAC §93.114, §93.118
1 TAC §93.152, §93.154
1 TAC §93.172
1 TAC §93.184

Advisory Commission on State Emergency Communications

Practice and Procedure
1 TAC §§253.1-253.31

Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs

Low-Income Tax Credit Rule-1996
10 TAC §§49.1-49.15
10 TAC §§49.1-49.16

Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation

Boiler Division
16 TAC §§65.20, 65.60, 65.65, 65.80, 65.100

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

Proprietary Schools
19 TAC §12.24
19 TAC §12.80 §12.81
Financial Planning
19 TAC §13.61
19 TAC §13.65, §13.66
19 TAC §§13.65-13.67
19 TAC §13.81, §13.85

Texas Real Estate Commission

Canons of Professional Ethics and Conduct
22 TAC §§531.1-531.3
Pracctice and Procedure
22 TAC §§533.7, 533.15, 533.16, 533.18, 533.21, 533.22, 533.29, 533.30
Criminal Offense Guidelines
22 TAC §541.1

Texas Department of Health

Laboratories
25 TAC §73.22
Laboratories
25 TAC §§73.22, 73.23, 73.24
25 TAC §73.31
25 TAC §73.41
Occupational Conditions Reporting
25 TAC §99.1
Health Maintenance Organizations
25 TAC §§119.1-119.4
25 TAC §§119.21-119.25
25 TAC §§119.51-119.56
25 TAC §119.71
Food and Drug
25 TAC §§229.121-229.129

Texas Department of Insurance

Life, Accident and Health Insurance and Annuities
28 TAC §3.129
28 TAC §§3.12001-3.12017
Corporate and Financial Regulation
28 TAC §7.410

Edwards Aquifer Authority

Filing and Processing of Permit Applications
31 TAC §§701.1-701.5
31 TAC §§701.11-701.13, 701.15-701.19, 701.21, 701.22
31 TAC §§701.31-701.35
31 TAC §§701.52-701.59
31 TAC §§701.71-701.77
31 TAC §§701.91-701.102
31 TAC §§701.121-701.131
31 TAC §§701.141-701.147
31 TAC §§701.171-701.176
31 TAC §§701.191-701.196
31 TAC §§701.211-701.221
31 TAC §§701.1, 701.3, 701.5
Definitions
31 TAC §703.1
Substantive Groundwater Withdrawal Permit Rules
31 TAC §705.1
31 TAC §§705.11, 705.15, 705.17, 705.19, 705.21, 705.23, 705.25, 705.27
31 TAC §705.41
31 TAC §705.51
31 TAC §§705.61, 705.63, 705.65, 705.67, 705.69, 705.71, 705.73, 705.75, 705.77
31 TAC §705.101
31 TAC §705.111, §705.113
31 TAC §§705.221, 705.225, 705.227, 705.229, 705.231, 705.233, 705.235, 705.237, 705.239, 705.241
31 TAC §§705.251, 705.253, 705.255, 705.257, 705.259, 705.261, 705.263, 705.265, 705.267
Procedural Groundwater Withdrawal Permit Rules
31 TAC §707.1, §707.3
31 TAC §§707.21, 707.23, 707.25, 707.27, 707.29, 707.31
31 TAC §§707.41, 707.43, 707.45, 707.47, 707.49, 707.51, 707.53, 707.57, 707.59, 707.61, 707.63, 707.65, 707.67
31 TAC §§707.81, 707.83, 707.85, 707.87, 707.89, 707.91, 707.93
31 TAC §707.121
31 TAC §707.131, §707.133
31 TAC §707.151, §707.153
31 TAC §707.161
31 TAC §§707.201, 707.205, 707.207, 707.209
31 TAC §§707.221, 707.223, 707.225, 707.227, 707.229, 707.231, 707.233, 707.235, 707.237
31 TAC §§707.251, 707.257, 707.259, 707.261, 707.263
31 TAC §§707.281, 707.283, 707.285, 707.287, 707.289, 707.291, 707.293, 707.295, 707.297, 707.299, 707.301
31 TAC §§707.311, 707.313, 707.315, 707.317, 707.319
31 TAC §§707.401, 707.403, 707.405, 707.417, 707.425, 707.429, 707.431
31 TAC §§707.501, 707.509, 707.525
31 TAC §§707.703, 707.705, 707.709, 707.711, 707.713, 707.715, 707.717, 707.719, 707.721, 707.723

Texas Department of Human Services

Income Assistance Services
40 TAC §§3.7401-3.7409
Medicaid Eligibility
40 TAC §15.450
40 TAC §§15.502, 15.503
Licensed Personal Care Faclilities Contracting with the Texas Department of Human Services to Provide Residential Care Services
40 TAC §46.2005
40 TAC §46.3001
40 TAC §46.4005
40 TAC §46.5001

Texas Workforce Commission

Child Care and Development
40 TAC §809.79
40 TAC §809.89
40 TAC §§809.171-809.174
Texas Department of Insurance
Proposed Action
Proposed Action
ADOPTED
ADOPTED
ADOPTED
ADOPTED

RULE-REVIEW

Proposed Rule Review
Public Utility Commission of Texas

TABLES-AND-GRAPHICS

OPEN-MEETINGS

Texas State Board of Public Accountancy
Tuesday, February 17, 1998, 2:00 p.m.
Wednesday, February 18, 1998, 2:30 p.m.
Friday, February 20, 1998, 9:00 a.m.
Friday, February 27, 1998, 9:00 a.m.
State Office of Administrative Hearings
Wednesday, April 15, 1998, 10:00 a.m.
Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Thursday, February 19, 1998, 10:00 a.m.
Friday, February 20, 1998, 10:00 a.m.
The State Bar of Texas
Friday, February 13, 1998, 8:30 a.m.
Texas Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation
Wednesday, February 18, 1998, 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m.
Thursday, February 19, 1998, 8:30 a.m.
Wednesday, February 19, 1998, 10:00 a.m.
Texas School for the Deaf
Thursday, February 12, 1998, 6:30 p.m.
Friday, February 13, 1998, 8:30 a.m.
Friday, February 13, 1998, 9:30 a.m.
Friday, February 13, 1998, 10:45 a.m.
Friday, February 13, 1998, 1:00 p.m.
State Board of Dental Examiners
Friday, February 27, 1998, 9:00 a.m.
Texas Planning Council for Developmental Disabilities
Wednesday, February 25, 1998, 9:30 a.m.
Texas Diabetes Council
Friday, February 20, 1998, 9:00 a.m.
Friday, February 20, 1998, 10:00 a.m.
State Board for Educator Certification
Friday, February 20, 1998, 3:00 p.m.
Advisory Commission on State Emergency Communications
Thursday, February 19, 1998, 10:00 a.m.
General Land Office
Tuesday, February 17, 1998, 10:00 a.m.
Office of the Governor — Criminal Justice Division
Friday, March 27, 1998, 9:00 a.m.
Texas Department of Health
Friday, February 13, 1998, 9:30 a.m.
Friday, February 13, 1998, 10:15 a.m.
Friday, February 13, 1998, 11:00 a.m.
Friday, February 13, 1998, 12:00 p.m.
Saturday, February 21, 1998, 9:30 a.m.
Saturday, February 21, 1998, 11:00 a.m.
Friday, February 27, 1998, 9:30 a.m.
Texas Health Care Information Council
Thursday, February 19, 1998, 9:00 a.m.
Texas Health Insurance Risk Pool (“Health Pool”)
Tuesday, February 17, 1998, Audit Subcommittee 9:00 a.m.; Board — 9:30 a.m.; Grievance Subcommittee following Board meeting.
Health Professions Council
Monday, February 23, 1998, 9:00 a.m.
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Wednesday, February 18, 1998, 10:00 a.m.
Friday, February 20, 1998, 9:30 a.m.
Texas Affordable Housing Task Force
Wednesday, February 25, 1998, 10:00 a.m.
Texas Department of Human Services (TDHS)
Tuesday-Wednesday, February 17-18, 1998, 9:00 a.m.
Texas Department of Insurance
Tuesday, March 3, 1998, 9:00 a.m.
Tuesday, March 3, 1998, 9:00 a.m.
Wednesday, March 4, 1998, 9:00 a.m.
Wednesday, March 4, 1998, 9:00 a.m.
Wednesday, March 4, 1998, 9:00 a.m.
Thursday, March 5, 1998, 9:00 a.m.
Thursday, March 5, 1998, 9:00 a.m.
Friday, March 6, 1998, 9:00 a.m.
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Monday, February 23, 1998, 1:00 p.m.
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation
Tuesday, February 17, 1998, 1:00 p.m.
Tuesday, February 17, 1998, 2:30 p.m.
Wednesday, February 18, 1998, 9:00 a.m.
Wednesday, February 18, 1998, 1:00 p.m.
Thursday, February 19, 1998, 9:00 a.m.
Monday, February 23, 1998, 1:30 p.m.
Texas Lottery Commission
Wednesday, February 18, 1998, 9:00 a.m.
Texas State Board of Medical Examiners
Thursday, February 5, 1998, 10:30 a.m.
Friday, February 6, 1998, 10:30 a.m.
Friday, February 6, 1998, 5:00 p.m.
Midwestern State University
Thursday, February 12, 1998, 2:00 p.m.
Thursday, February 12, 1998, 3:30 p.m.
Thursday, February 12, 1998, 4:00 p.m.
Thursday, February 12, 1998, 4:30 p.m.
Thursday, February 12, 1998, 4:45 p.m.
Thursday, February 12, 1998, 5:00 p.m.
Friday, February 13, 1998, 9:00 a.m.
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
Wednesday, February 18, 1998, 9:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.
Wednesday, February 18, 1998, 9:30 a.m.
Thursday, February 19, 1998, 9:00 a.m., Rescheduled from March 4, 1998
Thursday, February 19, 1998, 10:00 a.m.
Tuesday, February 24, 1998, 10:00 a.m.
Texas Public Finance Authority
Wednesday, February 18, 1998, 10:30 a.m.
Public Utility Commission of Texas
Tuesday, February 17, 1998, 10:00 a.m.
Records Management Interagency Coordinating Council
Wednesday, March 4, 1998, 10:00 a.m.
Texas Rehabilitation Commission
Thursday, February 26, 1998, 9:30 a.m.
Research and Oversight Council on Worker's Compensation
Thursday, February 19, 1998, 1:00 p.m.
State Office of Risk Management
Tuesday, February 17, 1998, 10:00 a.m.
Tuesday, February 17, 1998, 10:15 a.m.
Center for Rural Health Initiatives
Friday, February 20, 1998, 1:00 p.m.
State Securities Board
Tuesday, February 17, 1998, 9:00 a.m., rescheduled from January 30, 1998, at 9:00 a.m.
State Seed and Plant Board
Friday, February 20, 1998, 9:30 a.m.
Texas Southern University
Thursday, March 12, 1998, 10:00 a.m.
Thursday, March 12, 1998, 11:15 a.m.
Thursday, March 12, 1998, 12:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 12, 1998, 1:15 p.m.
Thursday, March 12, 1998, 2:15 p.m.
Friday, March 13, 1998, 8:30 a.m.
Texas Department of Transportation
Thursday, March 5, 1998, 9:30 a.m.
University of Houston
Monday, February 16, 1998, 1:00 p.m.
University of North Texas
Monday, February 16, 1998, 4:00 p.m.
Texas Veterans Commission
Friday, February 20, 1998, 9:30 a.m.
Texas Water Development Board
Wednesday, February 18, 1998, 3:00 p.m.
Wednesday, February 18, 1998, 4:00 p.m.
Wednesday, February 18, 1998, 4:00 p.m.
Thursday, February 19, 1998, 9:00 a.m.
Texas Council on Workforce and Economic Competitiveness
February 19, 1998, 10:30 a.m.
February 19, 1998, 9:00 a.m.
February 19-20, 1998, 1:00 p.m. and 8:30 a.m. respectively
Texas Workforce Commission
Tuesday-Wednesday, February 17-18, 1998, 8:00 a.m.
Wednesday-Thursday, February 18-19, 1998, 8:30 a.m.
Regional Meetings

IN-ADDITION

Texas Department of Agriculture
Notice of Public Hearing
Office of the Attorney General
Notice of Public Hearing
Coastal Coordination Council
Notice and Opportunity to Comment on Requests for Consistency Agreement/Concurrence under the Texas Coastal Management Program
Comptroller Of Public Accounts
Notice Of Consultant Contract Award
Notice Of Consultant Contract Award
Request for Information for Tax Collection Services
Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner
Notice of Rate Ceilings
Texas Planning Council for Developmental Disabilities
Advocacy Support Network-Request for Proposals
Texas Education Agency
Request for Early Reading Diagnostic Instruments
General Services Commission
Technology Access Clause
Texas Department of Health
Licensing Action for Radioactive Materials
Notice of Revocation of Certificates of Registration
Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs
Notice Of Public Hearing
Texas Department of Insurance
Insurer Services
Notice
Notice
Notice
Notice of Public Hearing
Notice of Public Hearing for Private Passenger and Commercial Automobile Insurance Rates Concerning The Texas Automobile Insurance Plan Association Docket No. 454-98-0244.G
Third Party Administrator Applications
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
Notice of Applications for Waste Disposal/Discharge Permits for the Week ending January 9, 1998 thru February 6, 1998
Notice of Public Hearing (Houston SIP)
Permit Application for Sewage Sludge Facility for the Week ending February 13, 1998
Proposal for Decision
Public Utility Commission of Texas
Notices of Application for Service Provider Certificate of Operating Authority
Notice of Application for Sale, Transfer, or Merger
Notices of Intent to File Pursuant to P.U.C. Substantive Rule 23.27
Notice of Intent to File Pursuant to Public Utility Commission Substantive Rule 23.27
Request for Proposals for Provision of Administrative Services for the Universal Service Fund
The Texas A & M University System, Board of Regents
Notice of Sale of Oil, Gas, And Sulphur Lease
Request for Information: Management Information System
Texas Department of Transportation
Notice of Invitations
Texas Workers Commission
Public Hearing for Choices Rules

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