TITLE 40.SOCIAL SERVICES AND ASSISTANCE

Part 6. TEXAS COMMISSION FOR THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING

Chapter 182. SPECIALIZED TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

Subchapter B. PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY

40 TAC §182.22

(Editor's note: The text of the following section proposed for repeal will not be published. The section may be examined in the offices of the Texas Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing or in the Texas Register office, Room 245, James Earl Rudder Building, 1019 Brazos Street, Austin.)

The Texas Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing proposes the repeal of §181.28, concerning fees required for financial assistance under the telecommunications voucher program. The section is proposed for repeal to comply with the changes of the law establishing this program.

David W. Myers, Executive Director, has determined that for each year of the first five years the section is repealed there will be no fiscal implications for state or local government as a result of this repeal.

Mr. Myers has also determined that for each year of the first five years of this repeal the public benefit anticipated as a result of this repeal will be that the program will comply with the legal statutes establishing this program. There will be no effect on small businesses. There is no anticipated economic hardship to persons required to comply with this repeal as proposed.

Comments on this proposed repeal may be submitted to Eileen Alter, Texas Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, P.O. Box 12904, Austin, Texas 78711-2904.

The repealed is proposed under the Texas Administrative Code, §81.006(b)(3), which provides the Texas Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing with the authority to adopt rules for administration of programs.

No other statute, code or article is affected by this proposed repeal.

§182.22.Fees.

This agency hereby certifies that the proposal has been reviewed by legal counsel and found to be within the agency's legal authority to adopt.

Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on April 4, 2003.

TRD-200302211

David Myers

Executive Director

Texas Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Earliest possible date of adoption: May 18, 2003

For further information, please call: (512) 407-3250