Texas Register
Vol. 21 No. 77
October 18, 1996
Pages 10247-10357

****ATTORNEY GENERAL****
Request for Opinions.....10253
****PROPOSED RULES****
Texas Ethics Commission
Lobbyist Registration
1 TAC sec.sec.30.1, 30.3, 30.5.....10255
1 TAC sec.sec.30.11, 30.13 30.15, 30.17, 30.19.....10255
1 TAC sec.sec.30.31, 30.33, 30.35, 30.37, 30.39, 30.41.....10256
1 TAC sec.sec.30.51, 30.53, 30.55, 30.57, 30.59, 30.61, 30.63, 30.65, 
30.67.....10256
Activity Reporting by a Lobbyist
1 TAC sec.sec.32.1, 32.3, 32.5.....10257
1 TAC sec.sec.32.21, 32.23, 32.25, 32.27, 32.29, 32.31.....10258
1 TAC sec.sec.32.51, 32.53, 32.55, 32.57, 32.59, 32.61.....10258
Conduct of Lobbyists
1 TAC sec.sec.34.1, 34.3, 34.5, 34.7, 34.9, 34.11.....10259
1 TAC sec.sec.34.31, 34.33, 34.35.....10259
1 TAC sec.sec.34.1, 34.3, 34.5, 34.7, 34.9, 34.11, 34.13, 34.15, 34.17, 34.19, 
34.21.....10260
1 TAC sec.34.41, 34.43, 34.45.....10262
1 TAC sec.sec.34.61, 34.63, 34.65, 34.67, 34.69, 34.71.....10263
1 TAC sec.sec.34.81, 34.83, 34.85.....10264
Legislative Salaries and Per Diem
1 TAC sec.50.1.....10264
Texas Department of Agriculture
Pesticides
4 TAC sec.7.36.....10265
Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners
Applications and Applicants
22 TAC sec.71.6.....10265
22 TAC sec.71.12.....10267
Chiropractic Radiologic Technologists
22 TAC sec.78.1.....10267
Board of Nurse Examiners
Practice and Procedure
22 TAC sec.213.1, sec.213.28.....10268
Licensure and Practice
22 TAC sec.217.15.....10269
Texas Department of Insurance
Property and Casualty Insurance
28 TAC sec.5.4501.....10269
Trade Practices
28 TAC sec.sec.21.704, 21.705.....10271
28 TAC sec.sec.21.2001-21.2011 .....10272
Comptroller of Public Accounts
Tax Administration
34 TAC sec.3.35.....10276
34 TAC sec.sec.3.286, 3.335, 3.353.....10277
34 TAC sec.3.286.....10278
34 TAC sec.3.292.....10282
34 TAC sec.3.318.....10284
34 TAC sec.sec.3.601, 3.606, 3.608, 3.610.....10285
34 TAC sec.3.601.....10285
34 TAC sec.sec.3.602, 3.604, 3.607.....10287
34 TAC sec.3.602.....10288
Funds Management (Fiscal Affairs)
34 TAC sec.sec.5.81-5.84.....10289
34 TAC sec.sec.5.91-5.94.....10290
34 TAC sec.sec.5.101-5.104.....10290
Property Tax Administration
34 TAC sec.9.101.....10291
34 TAC sec.sec.9.4101-9.4111.....10295
****WITHDRAWN RULES****
Credit Union Department
Chartering, Operations, Mergers, Liquidations 
7 TAC sec.91.507.....10297
****ADOPTED RULES****
Texas Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation
Referenda Rules and Regulations
4 TAC sec.197.1.....10299
Credit Union Department
Chartering, Operations, Mergers, Liquidations 
7 TAC sec.91.204.....10301
Administrative Proceedings
7 TAC sec.93.14.....10301
7 TAC sec.93.17.....10301
Texas Department of Insurance
Property and Casualty Insurance
28 TAC sec.5.3800.....10302
Corporate and Financial Regulation
28 TAC sec.sec.7.301-7.308 .....10308
Texas Department of Human Services
Medicaid Eligibility
40 TAC sec.15.461.....10309
Community Care for Aged and Disabled
40 TAC sec.48.6003.....10309
40 TAC sec.48.8906.....10310
Personal Care Facilities
40 TAC sec.sec.92.2, 92.4.....10310
40 TAC sec.92.18.....10311
****EXEMPT FILINGS****
Exempt Filing Notification Pursuant to the Insurance Code Chapter 5, Subchapter 
L, Article 5.96.....10313
Exempt Filing Notification Pursuant to the Insurance Code Chapter 5, Subchapter 
L, Article 5.96.....10313
****TABLES AND GRAPHICS****
Tables and Graphics.....10315
****OPEN MEETINGS****
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Thursday, October 17, 1996, 9:00 a.m......10319
Tuesday, October 22, 1996, 10:00 a.m......10319
Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse (TCADA)
Tuesday, October 22, 1996, 1:30 p.m......10319
Thursday, October 24, 1996, 1:30 p.m......10319
Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board
Friday, October 18, 1996, 8:00 a.m......10320
Texas Board of Architectural Examiners
Thursday, October 24, 1996, 8:00 a.m......10320
Thursday, October 24, 1996, 1:30 p.m......10320
Thursday, October 24, 1996, 3:00 p.m......10320
Thursday, October 24, 1996, 4:00 p.m......10320
Friday, October 25, 1996, 8:00 a.m......10321
Texas Bond Review Board
Thursday, October 17, 1996, 10:00 a.m......10321
Texas Child Care Development Board
Friday, October 18, 1996, 9:30 a.m......10321
Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners
Tuesday, October 22, 1996, 2:00 p.m......10321
Comptroller of Public Accounts
Monday, October 21, 1996, 9:30 a.m......10321
Texas Court Reporters Certification Board
Saturday, October 19, 1996, 9:00 a.m......10322
Texas Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Friday, October 18, 1996, 9:00 a.m......10322
State Board of Dental Examiners
Friday, October 25, 1996, 8:30 a.m......10322
Saturday, October 26, 1996, 8:30 a.m......10323
State Employee Charitable Campaign
Friday, October 25, 1996, 9:00 a.m......10323
Employees Retirement System of Texas
Thursday, October 24, 1996, 9:30 a.m......10323
Texas Energy Coordination Council
Friday, October 18, 1996, 10:00 a.m......10324
Texas State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers
Tuesday, October 22, 1996, 2:00 p.m......10324
Texas Health Care Information Council
Thursday, October 24, 1996, 1:00 p.m. .....10324
Health Professions Council
Monday, October 21, 1996, 9:30 a.m......10324
Texas House of Representatives
Thursday, October 17, 1996, 10:00 a.m......10325
Texas Commission on Human Rights
Thursday, October 24, 1996, 10:00 a.m......10325
Texas Department of Human Services
Friday, October 18, 1996, 11:00 a.m......10325
Texas Incentive and Productivity Commission
Monday, October 28, 1996, at 2:00 p.m......10325
Texas Department of Information Resources
Thursday, October 17, 1996, 9:00 a.m......10326
Texas Department of Insurance
Monday, November 4, 1996, 9:00 a.m......10326
Monday, November 4, 1996, 1:00 p.m......10326
Monday, November 4, 1996, 1:00 p.m......10326
Tuesday, November 5, 1996, 9:00 a.m......10326
Wednesday, November 6, 1996, 10:00 a.m......10327
Thursday, November 7, 1996, 9:00 a.m......10327
Friday, November 8, 1996, 9:00 a.m......10327
Friday, November 8, 1996, 9:00 a.m......10327
Texas State Library
Monday, October 28, 1996, 10:00 a.m......10327
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation
Wednesday, October 23, 1996, 9:00 a.m......10327
Wednesday, October 23, 1996, 10:30 a.m......10328
Wednesday, October 28, 1996, 1:30 p.m......10328
Texas Lottery Commission
Thursday, October 17, 1996, 8:00 a.m......10328
Thursday, October 17, 1996, 8:00 a.m......10329
Texas State Board of Medical Examiners
Monday, October 21, 1996, 9:00 a.m......10329
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
Monday, October 21, 1996, .....10329
Tuesday, October 22, 1996, 9:30 a.m......10330
Thursday, October 24, 1996, 1:30 p.m......10330
Friday, November 1, 1996, 9:00 a.m......10330
Texas Board of Nursing Facility Administrators
Thursday, October 17, 1996, 8:30 a.m......10330
Thursday, October 17, 1996, 3:30 p.m......10330
Friday, October 18, 1996, 8:30 a.m......10330
Texas Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners
Friday, October 11, 1996, 9:30 a.m......10331
Public Utility Commission of Texas
Tuesday, October 22, 1996, 9:00 a.m......10331
Tuesday, October 22, 1996, 9:00 a.m......10331
Monday, October 28, 1996, 9:00 a.m......10331
Texas Rehabilitation Commission
Thursday, October 24, 1996, 4:30 p.m......10332
Friday, October 25, 1996, 2:30 p.m......10332
University Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Tuesday, October 15, 1996 9:00 a.m......10332
Texas Water Development Board
Thursday, October 17, 1996, 9:00 a.m. .....10332
Texas Workers' Compensation Insurance Facility
Wednesday, October 23, 1996, 9:45 a.m. .....10332
Regional Meetings
Meeting Filed October 9, 1996.....10333
Meetings Filed on October 10, 1996.....10333
Meetings Filed on October 11, 1996.....10334
Meetings Filed on October 14, 1996.....10335
****IN ADDITION****
Texas Department of Agriculture
Quarantine Administrative Penalty Matrix.....10337
Office of the Attorney General
Texas Clean Air Act Enforcement Settlement Notice .....10338
Texas Education Agency
Correction of Error.....10339
Notices of Pubic Hearing.....10339
Edwards Aquifer Authority
Notice of Extension of Comment Period.....10342
General Services Commission
Notice of Request for Proposal.....10342
Texas Department of Health
Correction of Time for Scheduled Public Hearing on Rules Concerning Medical 
Radiologic Technologist Certification.....10343
Notice of an Additional Public Hearing Scheduled on Rules Concerning Medical 
Radiologic Technologist Certification .....10343
Notice of Emergency Impoundment Order.....10343
Notice of Rescission of Order.....10343
Public Hearing for Contract Between Texas Department of Health and Health 
Maintenance Organizations.....10343
Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs
Notice of Public Hearing for the Texas Department of Housing and Community 
Affairs Single Family Mortgage Revenue Refunding Bonds 1996 Series D and E 
.....10343
Texas Department of Human Services
Correction of Error.....10344
Texas Department of Insurance
Correction of Error.....10344
Notice.....10344
Notice of Public Hearing.....10345
Notice of Public Hearing.....10345
Third Party Administrator Applications.....10346
Third Party Administrator Applications.....10346
Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation
Notice of Public Hearing.....10346
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission 
Notice of Application for Waste Disposal Permits .....10346
Notice of Application to Appropriate Public Waters of the State of Texas 
.....10347
Notices of Public Hearing .....10348
Public Utility Commission of Texas
Notice of Intent to File Pursuant to Substantive Rule sec.23.27.....10348
Notice of Intent to File Pursuant to Substantive Rule sec.23.27.....10349
Notice of Intent to File Pursuant to Substantive Rule sec.23.27.....10349
Notice of Intent to File Pursuant to Substantive Rule sec.23.27.....10349
Notice of Intent to File Pursuant to Substantive Rule sec.23.27.....10349
Notice of Intent to File Pursuant to Substantive Rule sec.23.27.....10350
Notice of Intent to File Pursuant to Substantive Rule sec.23.94.....10350
Notice of Joint Petition for EAS.....10350
Requests for Comments.....10351
Notice of Application of Amend Certificate of Convenience and Necessity 
.....10351
Notice of Application of Amend Certificate of Convenience and Necessity 
.....10351
Notice of Joint Petition to Provide Extended Area Service.....10352
Notice of Public Hearing.....10352
Railroad Commission of Texas
Correction of Errors.....10352
Texas Department of Transportation
Extension Deadline for Request for Proposal.....10356
Request for Proposal.....10356
Texas Workforce Commission
Notice of Public Hearing .....10356