ISSUE OF February 4, 1992" ve5="?"> In Addition
The Texas Register is required by statute to publish certain documents, 
including applications to purchase control of state banks, notices of rate 
ceilings, changes in interest rate and applications to install remote service 
units, and consultant proposal requests and awards.
To aid agencies in communicating information quickly and effectively, other 
information of general interest to the public is published as space allows.
Texas Education Agency
Public Hearing
The State Board of Education (SBOE) Committee of the Whole will hold a public 
hearing on Thursday, February 6, 1992, from 8:30 a.m. until 10:30 a.m., in Room 
1-104 of the William B. Travis Building located at 1701 North Congress Avenue in 
Austin, to accept testimony concerning the regulation of commercial access to 
students. Individuals wishing to give testimony are limited to a three-minute 
presentation. Presenters will be required to give his/her name, organizational 
affiliation, if any, address, telephone number, indicate whether testimony will 
be for or against regulation of commercial access, and supply 25 copies of the 
written testimony. Individuals wishing to give testimony should contact Pam 
Harkins at (512) 463-9701 by noon, on Wednesday, February 5 to register. 
Individual who registered to offer public testimony at the January State Board 
of Education meeting but who were unable to testify due to time constraints, 
will be scheduled first for this hearing. Individuals who were afforded the 
opportunity to offer testimony at the January SBOE meeting will only be heard if 
time permits after the 30 registrant limit has been reached. In compliance with 
SBOE procedures for public comment to avoid unduly repetitive testimony and to 
assure that different members of the public with differing points of view have 
reasonable access to the committee, 15 individuals will be permitted to testify 
in support of an 15 individuals will be permitted to testify in opposition to 
the regulation of commercial access to students. Those individuals who attempt 
to register after the total is reached but want to shall their comments with the 
board should provide 25 copies of their testimony which will be distributed to 
the board. If time is available after 30 individuals scheduled have testified, 
additional testimony will be permitted based on the time order in which 
individuals register, on a first-come, first served basis.
Issued in Austin, Texas, on January 28, 1992.
TRD-9201339
Lionel R. Meno
Commissioner of Education
Filed: January 28, 1992
For further information, please call: (512) 463-9701
       
General Land Office
Consultant Proposal Request
In accordance with Texas Civil Statutes, Article 6252-11c, the Texas General 
Land Office (GLO) invites qualified consultants to enter into contract with the 
state of Texas to design, develop, and implement the funds management 
information system (FMIS). FMIS will be an integrated software system with the 
purpose of providing tools to facilitate the effective management of the debt 
and investments associated with the Veterans Land Board. The software will 
include modules for cash flow projections, cash management, debt issuance and 
management, and arbitrage and arbitrage rebate compliance.
All proposals must be sent to Tom Hazelton, Texas General Land Office, Stephen 
F. Austin Building, 1700 North Congress Avenue, Room 810, Austin 78701-1495 and 
received no later than 5 p.m., central standard time, Tuesday, March 10, 1992. 
All proposals must be delivered or mailed in a sealed envelope plainly marked 
"Sealed Bid for Funds Management Information System".
For a detailed copy of the specifications, call Tom Hazelton at (512) 463-5120.
The proposal review and evaluation process will include attention to the extent 
to which the proposal responds to and accomplishes the purposes and 
specifications of the request for proposal (0-400 points); relevant experience 
and qualification of the offeror firm and all subcontractors (0-250 points); 
cost-effectiveness of the proposed solution (0-250 points); and the ability of 
the offeror to complete the project in a timely manner (0-250 points).
KPMG Peat Marwich (Peat Marwick) developed the requirements definition report 
for the FMIS. With this request for proposal, the Texas General Land Office is 
requesting proposals for the design, development, and implementation of the 
FMIS. The report developed by Peat Marwich and the errata included with the 
request for proposal package will serve as the foundation for the remaining 
stages of the FMIS project.
The team selected to develop FMIS will be engaged for the purpose of delivering 
a fully functioning, tested, and documented software system which provides the 
tools needed to manage the debt and investments associated with the Veterans 
Land Board as described in the requirements definition report and the errata, 
and agreed upon during final negotiations. The development team will also be 
responsible for training the target users and for providing support and 
maintenance services for a brief period after FMIS is installed as described in 
the requirements definition report.
Contingent upon contract negotiations with the selected development team, the 
project is expected to last approximately 12 months.
Issued in Austin, Texas, on January 28, 1992.
TRD-9201291
Garry Mauro
Commissioner
General Land Office
Filed: January 28, 1992
For further information, please call: (512) 463-5394
       
Texas Department of Human Services
Public Notice
The Child Protective Services Program and the Adult Protective Services Program 
will be opening a procurement resource library for the purpose of providing 
background information and technical information vendors may require to respond 
to a planned request for proposal, to be released in Fall 1992. The planned 
request for proposal will be an all inclusive hardware and software acquisition 
for the automation of both the Child Protective Services and Adult Protective 
Services Programs statewide.
Contact Person: The library will be available Holly Jung, (512) 450-3725 or 
Jeanette Gifford (512) 450-4446, between the hours of 8:30-4. For a complete 
listing of the materials available for viewing, please contact either Ms. Jung 
or Ms. Gifford.
Requirements: All interested vendors are encouraged to visit the library. 
Materials cannot be removed from the library at any time. No more than four 
persons in the library be required to sign in and out when using the library. 
Failure to keep prior cancellation, will result in a cancellation of that 
vendor. Copies of some of the materials may be requested through Ms. Jung. All 
copies will be made for a fee set by the Fiscal Division, to be paid by the 
requesting vendor.
for the library will be taken effective immediately. The library will be open 
for viewing beginning February 5, 1992, from 9-3:30, Monday-Friday, excluding 
state holidays.
Issued in Austin, Texas, on January 28, 1992.
TRD-9201313
Nancy Murphy
Agency liaison, Policy and Document Support
Texas Department of Human Services
Filed: January 28, 1992
For further information, please call: (512) 450-3765
       
Public Notice Open Solicitation
Pursuant to Title 2, Chapters 22 and 32 of the Human Resources Code and 40 TAC 
sec.19.2004, in the September 11, 1990, issue of the Texas Register (15 TexReg 
5315), the Texas Department of Human Services (TDHS) is announcing the reopening 
of the open solicitation period for Duval County, County Number 066, Jim Hogg 
County, County Number 124 and Zapata County, County Number 253, identified in 
the July 16, 1991, issue of the Texas Register  (16 TexReg 3962). Potential 
contractors desiring to construct a 90-bed nursing facility in the above 
referenced areas must submit a written reply (as described in 40 TAC 
sec.19.2004) to TDHS, Gary L. Allen, Institutional Programs Section, Long Term 
Care Department, Mail Code W-519, P.O. Box 149030, Austin, Texas 78714-9030. 
Upon receipt of a reply from a potential contractor, TDHS will place a notice in 
the Texas Register to announce the closing date of the reopened solicitation 
period.
Issued in Austin, Texas, on January 28, 1992.
TRD-9201285
Nancy Murphy
Agency liaison, Policy and Document Support
Texas Department of Human Services
Filed: January 28, 1992
For further information, please call: (512) 450-3765
       
Department of Information Resources
Announcement of the Advisory Committee on Service Delivery Alternatives
An Advisory Committee on Service Delivery Alternatives has been selected by the 
department to study issues pertaining to the implementation of policies, 
guidelines, and review procedures to properly evaluate the most cost-effective 
strategy for information resource service delivery alternatives. The committee, 
consisting of public and private sector representatives, will convene 
approximately monthly. An introductory information session will be held from 2 
p. m. until 4 p.m. at the department's offices on February 4, 1992, at 300 West 
15th Street, Suite 1300, Conference Room 1, Austin, Texas 78701. For further 
information concerning the committee, contact Debra Williams, Statewide Planning 
and Policy Division, (512) 475-4744.
Issued in Austin, Texas, on January 29, 1992.
TRD-9201344
John M. Hawkins
Executive Assistant
Department of Information Resources
Filed: January 29, 1992
For further information, please call: (512) 475-4714
       
Texas Department of Insurance
Company Licensing
The following applications have been filed with the Texas Department of 
Insurance and are under consideration.
1. Application for name change in Texas for Ideal Life Insurance Company, a 
domestic life insurance company. The home office is in Austin, Texas. The 
proposed new name is Allied Financial Insurance Company.
2. Application for Admission to do business in Texas for American Insurance 
Administrators, Inc., a foreign third party administrator. The home office is in 
Columbus, Ohio.
3. Application for name change in Texas for Appalachian National Life Insurance 
Company, a domestic life insurance company. The home office is in Austin, Texas. 
The proposed new name is Lincoln Memorial Life Insurance Company.
4. Application for Incorporation in Texas for Alternative Benefit Services, Inc. 
(assumed name for Marine & Casualty Underwriters, Inc.) a domestic third party 
administrator. The home office is in Corpus Christi, Texas.
5. Application for Incorporation in Texas for Tucker & Clark Administrators, 
Inc., a domestic third party administrator. The home office is in Dallas, Texas.
Issued in Austin, Texas, on January 27, 1992.
TRD-9201351
Linda K. von Quintus-Dorn
Chief Clerk
Texas Department of Insurance
Filed: January 29, 1992
For further information, please call: (512) 463-6327
       
Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation
Request for Proposal
The Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation (TXMHMR) invites 
interested parties to submit contract proposals to provide home and community-
based services. This is the same request for proposal as published in the 
December 20, 1991, issue of the Texas Register (16 TexReg 7570). The purpose for 
republishing this notice is to announce that the date for receipt of written 
questions concerning this RFP is being extended to March 16, 1992, to announce 
that the closing date for receipt of proposals by TXMHMR is being extended to 
April 17, 1992, and that questions concerning this RFP must be submitted by 
March 16, 1992 in accordance with the stipulations indicated herein.
The Texas Department of Human Services (TDHS) and TXMHMR received approval from 
the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) for a waiver authorized by the 
Social Security Act, sec.1915(c), to provide home and community-based services. 
Home and community-based services (HCS) include the delivery of all of the 
following services: case management services; respite services; homemaker 
services; habilitation services; nursing services; occupational therapy 
services; physical therapy services; speech and audiology services; psychology 
services; social services; emergency medical services; and age appropriate, 
community-based day program services.
These waivered services provide cost-effective alternatives to 
institutionalization for a limited number of eligible individuals who meet the 
intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded level-of-care criteria. 
the waiver renewal, effective September 1, 1988, enables the program to provide 
home and community-based services to additional individuals through contracts 
awarded through this procurement. Contracts are limited to providing services to 
a maximum of 30 eligible individuals.
Awardees will be certified by TXMHMR on a staggered basis. Any potential 
contractor certified to provide services under the existing Home and Community-
Based Service Waiver (0110.90) is eligible to apply as a provider of Home and 
Community-Based Services-OBRA on an open enrollment basis when contracting for 
that waiver occurs. Awards shall be made pending receipt by TXMHMR of 
appropriated legislative funds.
Copies of the request for proposal (RFP) are provided by certified mail upon 
receipt of a written request mailed to Robert (Bob) Shaw, HCS Community Support 
Coordinator, HCS Program Coordination Office, Texas Department of Mental Health 
and Mental Retardation, P.O. Box 12668, Austin, Texas 78711-2668. Requests for 
an RFP packet received by any other means will be rejected. The TXMHMR HCS 
Program Coordination Office will dispense RFP packets only by return mail within 
approximately five calendar days of receipt of the written request.
All questions concerning this RFP must reference this RFP and be submitted in 
writing, date-stamped, and received in the mail room of TXMHMR by March 16, 1992 
by 4 p.m. as indicated on the clock of the TXMHMR Central Office mail room in 
Austin. Verbal responses to questions presented at the potential contractor's 
conference are not binding on this RFP process and do not preclude the printed 
information or requirements in the RFP packet.
The contact person for this RFP is Robert (Bob) Shaw, HCS Community Support 
Coordinator, who may be contacted by telephone at (512) 323-3211 or by STS 882-
3211.
The closing date for receipt of proposals by TXMHMR is April 17, 1991. Offers 
must be date-stamped in the mail room of the TXMHMR Central Office by 4 p.m. on 
April 17, 1992, as indicated on the clock in the TXMHMR Central Office mail room 
in Austin. Proposals received by means other than stipulated in this notice or 
after the previously stated time will be rejected.
The TXMHMR will select providers on the basis of a review process established 
for that purpose. Recommendations for awards will be based on criteria for 
selection included in the RFP and the limited geographic service areas as 
defined in the RFP.
Issued in Austin, Texas, on January 27, 1992.
TRD-9201252
Dennis R. Jones, MSW, MBA
Commissioner
Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation
Filed: January 27, 1992
For further information, please call: (512) 465-4591
       
Public Utility Commission of Texas
Notices of Application to Amend Certificate of Convenience and Necessity
Notice is given to the public of the filing with the Public Utility Commission 
of Texas of an application on December 6, 1991, to amend a certificate of 
convenience and necessity pursuant to the Public Utility Regulatory Act, 
sec.sec.16(a), 18, 50, 52, and 54. A summary of the application follows.
Docket and Title Number:  Application of Texas Alltel, Inc. to amend certificate 
of convenience and necessity within Erath County, Docket Number 10788, before 
the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
The Application: In Docket Number 10788, Texas Alltel, Inc., seeks approval of 
its application for a minor boundary change in order to accommodate a request 
for telephone service from a potential residential customer.
Persons who wish to intervene in the proceeding or comment upon action sought, 
should contact the Public Utility Commission of Texas, at 7800 Shoal Creek 
Boulevard, Suite 400N, Austin, Texas 78757, or call the Public Utility 
Commission Public Information Office at (512) 458-0256, or (512) 458-0221 
teletypewriter for the deaf within 15 days of the date this notice is published, 
or before February 17, 1992, whichever date is later.
Issued in Austin, Texas, on January 24, 1992.
TRD-9201245
Mary Ross McDonald
Secretary of the Commission
Public Utility Commission of Texas
Filed: January 27, 1992
For further information, please call: (512) 458-0100
       
Notice is given to the public of the filing with the Public Utility Commission 
of Texas an application on November 27, 1991, to amend a certificate of 
convenience and necessity pursuant to the Public Utility Regulatory Act, 
sec.sec.16(a), 18, 50, 52, and 54. A summary of the application follows.
Docket and Title Number:  Application of Southwestern Bell Telephone Company to 
amend certificate of convenience and necessity within Webb County, Docket Number 
10772, before the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
The Application:In Docket Number 10772, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company 
seeks approval of its application for an exchange area boundary amendment in 
order to reflect the way service is presently being administered.
Persons who wish to intervene in the proceeding or comment upon action sought, 
should contact the Public Utility Commission of Texas, at 7800 Shoal Creek 
Boulevard, Suite 400N, Austin, Texas 78757, or call the Public Utility 
Commission Public Information Office at (512) 458-0256, or (512) 458-0221 
teletypewriter for the deaf on or before March 26, 1992.
Issued in Austin, Texas, on January 27, 1992.
TRD-9201307
Mary Ross McDonald
Secretary of the Commission
Public Utility Commission of Texas
Filed: January 28, 1992
For further information, please call: (512) 458-0100
       
Texas Water Commission
Meeting Notice
A meeting of the Scientific/Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) of the Galveston 
Bay National Estuary Program (GBNEP) is scheduled for: Thursday, February 6, 
1992, 9 a.m., Forest Room-Bayou Building, University of Houston-Clear Lake, 2700 
Bay Area Boulevard, Houston.
During this month's meeting, STAC will continue development of technical 
characterization studies to be conducted by GBNEP during fiscal year 1993.
Issued in Houston, Texas, on January 24, 1992.
TRD-9201217
Frank S. Shipley, Ph.D.
Program Manager, Galveston Bay National Estuary Program
Texas Water Commission
Filed: January 27, 1992
For further information, please call: (713) 332-9937
       
Notice of Application For Waste Disposal Permit
Notice is given by the Texas Water Commission of public notices of waste 
disposal permit applications issued during the period of January 17-24, 1992.
No public hearing will be held on these applications unless an affected person 
has requested a public hearing. Any such request for a public hearing shall be 
in writing and contain the name, mailing address, and phone number of the person 
making the request; and a brief description of how the requester, or persons 
represented by the requester, would be adversely affected by the granting of the 
application. If the commission determines that the request sets out an issue 
which is relevant to the waste discharge permit decision, or that a public 
hearing would serve the public interest, the commission shall conduct a public 
hearing, after the issuance of proper and timely notice of the hearing. If no 
sufficient request for hearing is received within 30 days of the date of 
publication of notice concerning the applications, the permit will be submitted 
to the commission for final decision on the application.
Information concerning any aspect of these applications may be obtained by 
contacting the Texas Water Commission, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, Texas 78711, 
(512) 463-7906.
Listed are the name of the applicant and the city in which the facility is 
located, type of facility, location of the facility, permit number, and type of 
application-new permit, amendment, or renewal.
B & B Sewer Company; wastewater treatment facilities; are at a point 
approximately 1/3 mile west of the intersection of a county road and Long Street 
Road, five miles west of the City of Willis and approximately 300 feet south of 
Lake Conroe in Montgomery County; renewal; 11419-01.
Brazos River Authority; Sugar Land Regional Wastewater Treatment Facilities; 
plant site is approximately two miles south of Sugar Land at the intersection of 
Beltz Road of U.S. Highway 59 in Fort Bend County; renewal; 11317-01.
Roy Curlee; wastewater treatment facilities; are on a county road, approximately 
3/4 mile north of FM Road 726, approximately 2 1/4 miles east of the 
intersection of FM Road 726 and 1968 and on the south shoreline of Lake O'Pines 
in Marion County; renewal; 11260-01.
City of Danbury; wastewater treatment facilities; are on Avenue L between 
Seventh and Eighth Streets on the west side of Danbury in Brazoria County; 
renewal 10158-01.
Galveston Terminals, Inc., a petroleum bulk storage terminal; the plant site is 
southwest of the intersection of Pelican Island Boulevard and Bradner Street on 
Pelican Island in the City of Galveston, Galveston County; renewal; 02466.
Gulf Coast Trades Center, Inc., wastewater treatment facilities; are within the 
Gulf Coast Trades Center Complex, approximately 3.8 miles west of the 
intersection of Interstate Highway 45 and FM Road 1375 and northeast of Lake 
Conroe in Walker County; renewal; 12159-01.
City of Houston; Northeast Wastewater Treatment Facilities; the plant site is at 
625 Maxey Road in the City of Houston in Harris County; renewal; 10495-77.
City of Huntington; wastewater treatment facilities; are approximately one mile 
southeast of the intersection of U.S. Highway 69 and FM Road 1669 between the 
Southern Pacific Railroad and Shawnee Creek in Angelina County; renewal 10191-
01.
Kirby Forest Industries, Inc.; the applicant operates the Bon Weir Plant, which 
manufactures plywood; the plant site is at a point about one mile south of FM 
363 and about five miles west-southwest of the Town of Bon Weir, Newton County; 
amendment; 01789.
Lyssy Dairy, Inc.; a dairy; the dairy is on the west side of County Road 208 
approximately three miles west of the intersection of County Road 204 and U.S. 
Highway 181 in Wilson County; new; 03394.
City of McKinney; the North McKinney Wastewater Treatment Facilities; the plant 
site is west of the Southern Pacific right-of-way and approximately one miles 
north of U.S. Highway 380 in Collin County; amendment; 10432-02.
Nitsch & Son Utility Co., Inc.; the Durkee Manor Wastewater Treatment 
Facilities; the plant site is approximately one mile east of U.S. Highway 75 
(Interstate Highway 45) and 1/2 mile north of Canino Road in Harris County; 
renewal; 10419-01.
Redfish Bay Terminal, Inc.; a petroleum and marine supply and service terminal; 
the plant site is at the intersection of Ocean Drive and Mooney Street, south of 
the City of Arkansas Pass, San Patricio County; renewal; 02535.
Ronald L. Jordan Company; the wastewater treatment faciltities; are at 6115 Will 
Clayton Parkway, approximately 0.6 mile west of the intersection of U.S. Highway 
59 and Will Clayton Parkway in Harris County; renewal; 11069-01.
City of Savoy; the wastewater treatment facilities; are approximately 900 fee 
west of FM Road 1752, approximately 150 feet east of Brushy Creek, and north of 
Savoy in Fannin County; renewal; 10606-01.
Shirley Creek Corporation; the wastewater treatment facilities; are in Shirley 
Creek Park on the north shore of Sam Rayburn Reservoir and approximately 26 
miles southeast of Nacogdoches in Nacogdoches County; renewal; 10947-01.
Texas Department of Transportation; IH-35 Northbound Comfort Station Wastewater 
Treatment Facilities; the plant site is within the northbound right-of-way of 
Interstate Highway 35, approximately 2.8 miles north of the intersection of 
Interstate Highway 35 and FM Road 922 in Cooke County; renewal; 11743-01.
Webb County; wastewater treatment facilities; the plant site is northeast of 
Laredo, approximately one mile northeast of the San Ygnacio Road Crossing of 
Chacon Creek in Webb County; amendment; 12271-01.
West Hardin County Consolidated Independence School District; the wastewater 
treatment facilities; are immediately south of the intersection of State Highway 
105 and FM Road 770 and approximately 1,000 feet east of Pine Island Bayou in 
Hardin County; renewal; 11274-01.
Safety-Kleen Corporation; a Class I hazardous waste storage and processing 
facility; the facility is located at 5243 Sinclair Road, about one mile south of 
Gonzales Highway, just east of Highway 410, within the City of San Antonio City 
limits, in Bexar County; new; HW50246-001; 45 days.
Issued in Austin, Texas, on January 27, 1992.
TRD-9201341
Laurie J. Lancaster
Deputy Chief Clerk
Texas Water Commission
Filed: January 28, 1992
For further information, please call: (512) 463-7906
       
Texas Workers' Compensation Commission
Correction of Error
The Texas Workers' Compensation Commission adopted new 28 TAC sec.130.8, 
concerning initiating payment of impairment income benefits. The rule was 
published in the January 28, 1992, Texas Register (17 TexReg 689).
Due to a proofreading error by the Texas Register, the second sentence in the 
preamble was omitted. The sentence should read as follows.
"The new section is necessary to clarify entitlement to impairment income 
benefits, and prescribe times for initiating payment."
       
Discount Rate; Interest Rate
The Texas Workers' Compensation Commission has determined, pursuant to the 
authority and direction given under the Texas Workers' Compensation Act (the 
Act) , Article 8308-1.04(b), that any interest or discount provided for in the 
Act shall be at the rate of 4.20%, a rate computed by taking the auction rate 
quoted at a discount basis for 52 week treasury bills, issued by the United 
States Treasury, as quoted on auction on December 19, 1991. The rate shall be 
effective January 1, 1992-March 31, 1992.
Issued in Austin, Texas, on January 24, 1992.
TRD-9201353
Todd K. Brown
Acting Executive Director
Texas Workers' Compensation Commission
Filed: January 29, 1992
For further information, please call: (512) 440-3807