Texas Register
Vol. 21 No. 90
December 6, 1996
Pages 11677-11882

****ATTORNEY GENERAL****
Request for Opinions.....11681
****PROPOSED RULES****
Office of the Secretary of State
Office of the Secretary of State
1 TAC sec.71.8.....11683
Texas Animal Health Commission
Brucellosis
4 TAC sec.sec.35.1, 35.2, 35.4.....11684
Equine
4 TAC sec.49.2.....11686
General Practice and Procedures
4 TAC sec.59.2.....11687
4 TAC sec.59.7.....11688
Railroad Commission of Texas
Liquefied Petroleum Gas Division
16 TAC sec.9.31.....11689
Public Utility Commission of Texas
Substantive Rules
16 TAC sec.sec.23.43, 23.45, 23.46.....11690
Texas Motor Vehicle Commission
General Rules
16 TAC sec.103.4, sec.103.9.....11693
Texas Cosmetology Commission
General Rules and Regulations
22 TAC sec.sec.89.2-89.4, 89.7, 89.9-89.11, 9.13-89.17, 89.19, 89.20, 9.24, 
89.28, 89.29, 89.31, 89.33, 89.34, 89.39, 89.43, 89.47, 89.53-89.55, 89.57, 
89.69, 89.71, 9.72, 89.75.....11695
Texas Funeral Service Commission
Licensing and Enforcement--Specific Substantive Rules
22 TAC sec.sec.203.4, 203.6, 203.15, 203.17, 203.30, 203.32.....11702
Texas Polygraph Examiners Board
General Rules of Practice and Procedure
22 TAC sec.sec.397.1-397.19, 397.21-397.23, 397.25-397.38, 397.40-397.42, 
397.44, 397.45, 397.47.....11704
22 TAC sec.sec.397.1-397.33.....11705
Texas State Board of Public Accountancy
Professional Conduct
22 TAC sec.501.2.....11710
Certification as CPA
22 TAC sec.511.140.....11711
Continuing Professional Education
22 TAC sec.523.62.....11711
Texas Board of Licensure for Professional Medical Physicists
Medical Physicists
22 TAC sec.sec.601.2, 601.20, 601.21.....11712
State Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists
Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists 
22 TAC sec.741.2 .....11715
22 TAC sec.sec.741.32-741.33.....11716
22 TAC sec.741.41.....11716
22 TAC sec.741.62, sec.741.65.....11717
22 TAC sec.741.82, sec.741.85.....11719
22 TAC sec.741.103.....11721
22 TAC sec.741.142.....11722
22 TAC sec.sec.741.162, 741.163, 741.165.....11723
22 TAC sec.741.193.....11724
Texas Department of Health
Family Planning
25 TAC sec.56.104.....11724
Interagency Council on Early Childhood Intervention Services
Early Childhood Intervention
25 TAC sec.621.23, sec.621.24.....11725
25 TAC sec.621.45.....11726
25 TAC sec.621.46.....11727
Texas Department of Insurance
Life, Accident, and Health Insurance and Annuities 
28 TAC sec.sec.3.3806, 3.3808, 3.3809, 3.3811, 3.3813, 3.3814.....11727
28 TAC sec.sec.3.3801, 3.302, 3.3804, 3.3805, 3.3807, 3.3810, 3.3812, 3.3815, 
3.3818, 3.3820, 3.3822, 3.3823, 3.3824, 3.3826, 3.3828-3.3832, 3.3837-3.340, 
3.3841-3.3849.....11728
Property and Casualty Insurance
28 TAC sec.5.2004.....11741
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission 
Control of Air Pollution From Volatile Organic Compounds
30 TAC sec.115.950.....11743
Control of Air Pollution By Permits for New Construction or Modification
30 TAC sec.sec.116.610, 116.611, 116.615, 116.617.....11745
30 TAC sec.116.617.....11748
Control of Air Pollution From Nitrogen Compounds 
30 TAC sec.117.550.....11749
Industrial Solid Waste and Municipal Hazardous Waste
30 TAC sec.335.344.....11749
Texas Department of Human Services
Medicaid Eligibility
40 TAC sec.15.502.....11751
Community Care for Aged and Disabled
40 TAC sec.48.2918.....11752
40 TAC sec.48.3904.....11753
Texas Commission on Human Rights
General Provisions
40 TAC sec.sec.321.1, 321.2, 321.6.....11753
Commission
40 TAC sec.sec.323.1-323.5.....11754
Local Commissions
40 TAC sec.sec.325.1-325.3, 325.5.....11755
Administrative Review
40 TAC sec.sec.327.1-327.10, 327.12.....11757
40 TAC sec.327.23.....11759
Judicial Action
40 TAC sec.329.1.....11759
Reports and Record Keeping
40 TAC sec.331.1.....11760
Conformity
40 TAC sec.333.1.....11760
Texas Department of Transportation
Environmental Policy
43 TAC sec.2.42.....11761
43 TAC sec.sec.2.61-2.70.....11762
Traffic Operations
43 TAC sec.sec.25.301-25.309.....11772
43 TAC sec.sec.25.601-25.610.....11773
43 TAC sec.sec.25.701-25.709.....11773
43 TAC sec.sec.25.801-25.809.....11773
****WITHDRAWN RULES****
Railroad Commission of Texas
Liquefied Petroleum Gas Division
16 TAC sec.9.172.....11775
16 TAC sec.9.174.....11775
16 TAC sec.9.232.....11775
****ADOPTED RULES****
Texas Department of Agriculture
Quarantines
4 TAC sec.19.21.....11783
Texas Agricultural Finance Authority: Loan Guaranty Program
4 TAC sec.28.8, sec.28.10.....11783
Railroad Commission of Texas
Liquefied Petroleum Gas Division
16 TAC sec.9.33.....11784
16 TAC sec.9.167, sec.9.189.....11784
16 TAC sec.9.463.....11785
Texas State Board of Medical Examiners
Physician Registration
22 TAC sec.166.2.....11785
Telemedicine
22 TAC sec.sec.174.1-174.15.....11786
Certification of Non-Profit Organizations
22 TAC sec.177.16.....11786
Acupuncture
22 TAC sec.183.21.....11787
Physician Assistants
22 TAC sec.sec.185.4, 185.9, 185.20, 185.23, 185.25, and 185.27.....11788
Texas State Board of Public Accountancy
Certification as CPA
22 TAC sec.511.21.....11788
22 TAC sec.511.57.....11789
Continuing Professional Education
22 TAC sec.523.29.....11789
22 TAC sec.523.31.....11789
Texas Department of Health
Athletic Trainers
25 TAC sec.sec.313.1, 313.2, 313.9, 313.13-313.15, 313.17.....11790
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission 
Memoranda of Understanding
30 TAC sec.7.110.....11790
General Rules
30 TAC sec.101.25.....11792
Control of Air Pollution from Municipal Solid Waste Facilities 
30 TAC sec.sec.121.1, 121.3, 121.11, 121.13, 121.15, 121.21 .....11792
Municipal Solid Waste 
30 TAC sec.330.860.....11793
Texas Water Development Board
Financial Assistance Programs
31 TAC sec.363.42.....11794
31 TAC sec.363.505.....11795
31 TAC sec.363.721.....11795
State Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund 
31 TAC sec.375.72 .....11795
Comptroller of Public Accounts
Central Administration
34 TAC sec.1.1, sec.1.2.....11796
34 TAC sec.1.1.....11796
34 TAC sec.1.3, sec.1.42.....11796
34 TAC sec.1.7, sec.1.8.....11796
34 TAC sec.1.7.....11797
34 TAC sec.1.10, sec.1.12.....11797
34 TAC sec.1.10.....11797
34 TAC sec.sec.1.17, 1.21-1.26.....11798
34 TAC sec.1.18, sec.1.19.....11798
34 TAC sec.1.18.....11798
34 TAC sec.1.21.....11799
34 TAC sec.1.37, sec.1.38.....11799
34 TAC sec.1.37.....11799
34 TAC sec.1.42.....11799
Tax Administration
34 TAC sec.3.35.....11800
34 TAC sec.sec.3.286, 3.335, 3.353.....11800
34 TAC sec.3.286.....11800
34 TAC sec.3.292.....11804
34 TAC sec.3.292.....11805
34 TAC sec.3.318.....11805
34 TAC sec.sec.3.601, 3.606, 3.608, 3.610.....11805
34 TAC sec.3.601.....11806
34 TAC sec.sec.3.602, 3.604, 3.607, 3.609.....11807
34 TAC sec.3,602.....11808
34 TAC sec.3.681.....11809
34 TAC sec.3.682.....11810
34 TAC sec.3.684.....11810
Funds Management (Fiscal Affairs)
34 TAC sec.sec.5.81-5.84.....11810
34 TAC sec.sec.5.91-5.94.....11810
34 TAC sec.sec.5.101-5.104.....11811
Property Tax Administration
34 TAC sec.9.101.....11811
34 TAC sec.9.201.....11815
34 TAC sec.sec.9.3018-9.3020 .....11815
34 TAC sec.sec.9.4012, 9.4021-9.4025.....11816
34 TAC sec.9.4033.....11816
34 TAC sec.sec.9.401, 9.403-9.407, 9.411.....11818
34 TAC sec.sec.9.4101-9.4111.....11818
34 TAC sec.9.415.....11819
34 TAC sec.sec.9.5101-9.5107.....11819
Texas Youth Commission
Interaction With The Public
37 TAC sec.sec.81.1, 81.7, 81.11, 81.17, 81.31, 81.35, 81.37, 81.41, 81.45, 
81.61, 81.65, and 81.75.....11819
Texas Juvenile Probation Commission
Texas Juvenile Probation Standards
37 TAC sec.341.4.....11821
Texas Department of Human Services
Nursing Facility Requirements for Licensure and Medicaid Certification
40 TAC sec.19.2121, sec.19.2146.....11822
19 TAC sec.19.2128, sec.19.2133.....11822
40 TAC sec.19.2129.....11822
Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services
Contracted Services
40 TAC sec.732.246.....11823
Texas Department of Transportation
Management
43 TAC sec.sec.1.6-1.10.....11823
Public Information
43 TAC sec.sec.3.20-3.25.....11823
Employment Practices
43 TAC sec.sec.4.60-4.64.....11824
Contract Management
43 TAC sec.sec.9.70-9.73.....11828
Transportation Planning and Programming
43 TAC sec.sec.15.80-15.93.....11828
Traffic Operations
43 TAC sec.sec.25.420-25.425.....11834
****EXEMPT FILINGS****
ADOPTED.....11841
****TABLES AND GRAPHICS****
Tables and Graphics.....11845
****OPEN MEETINGS****
State Office of Administrative Hearings
Friday, December 13, 1996, 10:00 a.m......11855
Texas Aerospace Commission
Wednesday, December 11, 1996, 9:30 a.m......11855
Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation 
Monday, December 2, 1996, Noon.....11855
Texas Department on Aging
Wednesday, December 4, 1996, 9:30 a.m......11856
Texas Department of Agriculture
Wednesday, December 4, 1996, 8:00 a.m......11856
Monday, December 9, 1996, 9:00 a.m......11856
Tuesday, January 28, 1997, 9:00 a.m......11856
Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Tuesday, December 10, 1996, 9:00 a.m......11856
Tuesday, December 10, 1996, 1:30 p.m......11857
Tuesday, December 10, 1996, 1:30 p.m......11857
Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission
Friday, December 6, 1996, 1:30 p.m......11857
Texas Catastrophe Property Insurance Association
Tuesday, December 10, 1996, 8:30 a.m......11857
Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners 
Thursday, December 12, 1996, 9:00 a.m......11858
Texas County and District Retirement System
Monday, December 9, 1996, 7:00 p.m......11858
Tuesday- Wednesday, December 10-11, 1996, 5:00 p.m.and 4:00 p.m. 
respectively......11858
Texas Department of Criminal Justice 
Thursday, December 12, 1996, 10:00 a.m......11858
State Board for Educator Certification 
Friday, December 6, 1996, 9:00 a.m......11859
Advisory Commission on State Emergency Communications
Thursday, December 5, 1996, 11:00 a.m......11859
Friday, December 6, 1996, 9:30 a.m......11859
Office of the Governor-Criminal Justice Division
Monday, December 9, 1996, 9:00 a.m......11860
Monday, December 9, 1996, 9:00 a.m......11860
General Land Office
Tuesday, December 3, 1996, 10:00 a.m......11860
Tuesday, December 3, 1996, 3:00 p.m......11860
Texas Department of Health
Wednesday, December 4, 1996, 9:00 a.m......11861
Wednesday, December 4, 1996, 9:30 a.m......11861
Monday, December 9, 1996, 9:30 a.m......11861
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board 
Thursday, December 5, 1996, 9:30 a.m......11861
Monday, December 16, 1996, 9:30 a.m......11862
Texas Historical Commission
Wednesday, December 4, 1996, 3:00 p.m......11862
Texas Commission on Human Rights
Thursday, December 5, 1996, 10:00 a.m......11862
Texas Lottery Commission
Wednesday, December 4, 1996, 10:00 a.m......11862
Texas State Board of Medical Examiners 
Tuesday, December 10, 1996, 2:00 p.m......11863
Texas Municipal Retirement System
Saturday, December 14, 1996, 9:00 a.m......11863
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission 
Wednesday, December 4, 1996, 9:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m......11863
Thursday, December 12, 1996, 9:30 a.m......11864
Monday, December 16, 1996, 9:00 a.m. .....11864
Monday, December 17, 1996, 9:00 a.m. .....11864
Board of Nurse Examiners
Tuesday, December 10, 1996, 9:00 a.m......11864
Texas Board of Nursing Facility Administrators 
Wednesday, December 4, 1996, 10:00 a.m......11864
Texas Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners 
Tuesday, December 10, 1996, 9:00 a.m......11865
Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles
Tuesday — Wednesday, December 10 — 11, 1996, 8:00 a.m......11865
Public Utility Commission of Texas
Monday, December 16, 1996, 9:00 a.m......11865
Railroad Commission of Texas
Tuesday, December 3, 1996, 9:30 a.m......11865
State Securities Board
Friday, January 31, 1996, 9:00 a.m......11865
Texas Senate
Wednesday, December 4, 1996, 1:00 p.m......11866
Texas Skill Standards Board
December 9 —10, 1996, 2:30 p.m. and 8:30 a.m. respectively.....11866
Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation 
Friday, December 6, 1996, Noon.....11866
Teacher Retirement System of Texas
Friday, December 6, 1996, 8:30 a.m......11866
Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund Board
Friday, December 6, 1996, 8:30 a.m......11866
Friday, December 6, 1996, 9:30 a.m......11867
Friday, December 6, 1996, 10:45 a.m......11867
Texas Tech University and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Thursday, December 5, 1996, 12:00 p.m......11867
The Texas A&M University System 
Wednesday, December 4, 1996, 6:00 p.m......11868
Thursday, December 5, 1996, 9:00 a.m......11868
Thursday, December 5, 1996, 10:00 a.m......11868
Thursday, December 5, 1996, 11:15 a.m......11868
Thursday, December 5, 1996, 1:30 p.m., or upon adjournment or recess of the 
meeting of the Finance and Audit Committee.....11868
Thursday, December 5, 1996, 1:45 p.m. (or upon adjournment or recess of meeting 
of Committee for Service Units).....11869
Friday, December 6, 1996, 8:30 a.m.(or upon adjournment or recess of meeting of 
Committee for Land and Mineral Resources).....11869
Friday, December 6, 1996, 9:15 a.m.(or upon adjournment or recess of meeting of 
Committee for Academic Campuses).....11869
Friday, December 6, 1996, 11:16 a.m.(or upon adjournment or recess of Meeting of 
Board of Regents).....11869
Texas Turnpike Authority
Wednesday, December 4, 1996, 10:00 a.m......11869
Wednesday, December 4, 1996, 10:00 a.m......11870
University of Houston System
Monday, December 2, 1996, 11:00 a.m......11870
Monday, December 2, 1996, 12:00 noon.....11870
Thursday, December 5, 1996, 8:00 a.m......11870
Thursday, December 5, 1996, 10:00 a.m......11870
University Interscholastic League
Monday, December 2, 1996, 10:00 a.m......11871
Texas Workers' Compensation Commission 
Thursday, December 5, 1996, 9:30 a.m......11871
Texas Workforce Commission
Thursday, December 5, 1996, 2:00 p.m......11871
Thursday, December 5, 1996, 2:00 p.m......11871
Regional Meetings
****IN ADDITION****
Texas Alternative Fuels Council
Notice of Contract Award.....11875
Notice of Contract Award .....11875
Comptroller of Public Accounts
Notice of Delay of Issuance of Request for Proposals.....11875
Office of the Consumer Credit Commissioner 
Notice of Rate Ceiling.....11876
Texas Education Agency
State Board for Educator Certification 
Notice of Contract Renewal .....11876
Request for Proposals Concerning Activities Relating to the Development and 
Administration of the Texas Assessment of Sign Communication (TASC) and Texas 
Assessment of Sign Communication--American Sign Language (TASC-ASL) .....11877
Texas Department of Health
Public Hearing - Ryan White CARE Act/Title II Activities in Texas.....11878
Request for Funding Proposal for the Bureau of Clinical and Nutrition Services 
for Comprehensive Family Planning Services .....11878
Texas Department of Insurance
Notice of Application by Amil International (Texas), Inc., Austin, Texas for 
Issuance of a Certificate of Authority to Establish and Operate an HMO in the 
State of Texas .....11879
Third Party Administrator Applications .....11879
Texas Juvenile Probation Commission
Substance Abuse Training Request.....11879
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission 
Notification of Availability of Grants for Construction of Scrap Tire Recycling 
Facilities.....11879
Notice of Public Hearing (Chapter 101).....11880
Public Utility Commission of Texas
Notice of Applications for Approval of Certain Depreciation Rates.....11880
Public Notices.....11881
Requests for Proposals .....11883
Texas Department of Transportation
Rate Schedule.....11883