TITLE 13.CULTURAL RESOURCES

Part 3. TEXAS COMMISSION ON THE ARTS

Chapter 32. MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING

13 TAC §32.1

The Texas Commission on the Arts adopts new §32.1, concerning Memorandum of Understanding with the Texas Department of Economic Development, the Texas Department of Transportation, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, the Texas Commission on the Arts, and the Texas Historical Commission, without changes to the proposed text as published in the March 30, 2001, issue of the Texas Register (26 TexReg 2467) and will not be republished.

Government Code, §481.028, requires the Texas Department of Economic Development to develop a memorandum of understanding with the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to cooperate in marketing and promoting Texas as a travel destination and provide services to travelers, and requires each agency to adopt the MOU by rule. This section adopts by reference the provisions of the MOU proposed by the Texas Department of Economic Development and published in the December 29, 2000, issue of the Texas Register (25 TexReg 12878). The Texas Department of Economic Development adopted the rule in the March 9, 2001, issue of the Texas Register (26 TexReg 2017).

No comments were received regarding adoption of the new rule.

The new section is adopted under the Government Code, §444.009, which provides the Texas Commission on the Arts with the authority to make rules and regulations for its government and that of its officers and committees.

This agency hereby certifies that the adoption has been reviewed by legal counsel and found to be a valid exercise of the agency's legal authority.

Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on April 30, 2001.

TRD-200102433

John Paul Batiste

Executive Director

Texas Commission on the Arts

Effective date: May 20, 2001

Proposal publication date: March 30, 2001

For further information, please call: (512) 463-5535