Texas Register
Vol. 22 No. 4
January 14, 1997
Pages 699-810

****PROPOSED RULES****
Texas Department of Agriculture
Quarantines
4 TAC sec.19.7.....705
Cotton Pest Control
4 TAC sec.sec.20.22.....705
Structural Pest Control Board
Licenses
22 TAC sec.593.24.....706
Compliance and Enforcement
22 TAC sec.595.11.....707
Texas Water Development Board
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund
31 TAC sec.sec.371.1-371.4.....709
31 TAC sec.sec.371.11-371.21.....712
31 TAC sec.sec.371.31-371.39.....716
31 TAC sec.371.51, sec.371.52.....725
31 TAC sec.371.61, sec.371.62.....725
31 TAC sec.371.71, sec.371.72.....726
31 TAC sec.sec.371.81-371.89.....728
31 TAC sec.371.101, sec.371.102.....728
Texas Council on Purchasing from People with Disabilities
Purchases of Products and Services from People with Disabilities
40 TAC sec.sec.189.1-189.18.....729
40 TAC sec.sec.189.1-189.12.....730
****WITHDRAWN RULES****
Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation 
Client Assignment and Continuity of Services 
25 TAC sec.sec.402.311-402. 323.....735
Texas Department of Human Services
Special Nutrition Programs
40 TAC sec.12.11, sec.12.14.....735
****ADOPTED RULES****
General Services Commission
Travel and Transportation Division
1 TAC sec.sec.125.1, 125.3, 125.7, 125.9, 125.13, 125.15, 125.17, 125.19, 
125.23, 125.25, 125.27.....737
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation 
Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Contractor License Law 
16 TAC sec.sec.75.10, 75.20-75.23, 75.25, 75.30, 75.40, 75.60, 75.65, 75.70, 
75.80, and 75.100.....737
Structural Pest Control Board
Treatment Standards
22 TAC sec.599.7.....741
Texas Department of Human Services
Nursing Facility Requirements for Licensure and Medicaid Certification
40 TAC sec.19.2409.....741
Community Care for Aged and Disabled
40 TAC sec.48.6003.....742
Texas Commission for the Blind
Administrative Rules and Procedures
40 TAC sec.159.12.....742
Independent Living Program
40 TAC sec.sec.164.1-164.4.....743
40 TAC sec.sec.164.10-164.15.....743
40 TAC sec.164.25, sec.164.26.....743
40 TAC sec.sec.164.30-164.32.....744
40 TAC sec.sec.164.40-164.46.....744
40 TAC sec.164.55.....744
Advisory Committees and Councils
40 TAC sec.172.2, sec.172.3.....744
Texas Department on Aging
Area Agency on Aging Administrative Requirements 
40 TAC sec.260.1, sec.260.2.....745
General Service Requirements
40 TAC sec.270.2, sec.270.5.....759
40 TAC sec.270.6, sec.270.8.....765
****TABLES AND GRAPHICS****
Tables and Graphics.....769
****OPEN MEETINGS****
Texas Department of Aging
Thursday, January 16, 1997, 8:00 a.m......779
Thursday, January 16, 1997, 9:30 a.m......779
Texas Department of Agriculture
Thursday, January 16, 1997, 10:30 a.m.; Rescheduled from January 8, 1997 
.....779
Wednesday, January 22, 1997, 10:00 a.m......780
Tuesday, January 28, 1997, 8:00 a.m......780
Wednesday, January 29, 1997, 8:00 a.m......780
Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse (TCADA)
Wednesday, January 22, 1997, 10:00 a.m......780
The State Bar of Texas
Thursday-Friday, January 16-17, 1997, 2:00 p.m. and 8:30 a.m. respectively 
.....781
Thursday, January 16, 1997, 1:30 p.m......781
Friday, January 17, 1997, 9:00 a.m......781
Texas Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation 
Thursday, January 16, 1997, 10:30 a.m. .....781
Texas Bond Review Board
Tuesday, January 14, 1997, 10:00 a.m......782
Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors
Saturday, January 18, 1997, 12:00 noon.....782
Credit Union Department
Friday, January 17, 1997, 10:00 a.m......782
Texas Department of Criminal Justice 
Friday, January 17, 1997, 10:00 a.m......782
Interagency Council on Early Childhood Intervention
Thursday-Friday, January 16-17, 1996, 10:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. repectively 
.....783
Texas Funeral Service Commission
Wednesday, January 15, 1997, 4:00 p.m......783
Thursday, January 16, 1997, 9:00 a.m......783
Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation 
Tuesday, January 14, 1996, 9:00 a.m......783
Texas Department of Health
Wednesday, January 15, 1997, Noon.....783
Wednesday, January 15, 1997, 2:00 p.m......784
Thursday, January 16, 1997, 8:30 a.m......784
Thursday, January 16, 1997, 9:30 a.m......784
Thursday, January 16, 1997, 11:30 a.m......784
Thursday, January 16, 1997, 9:00 a.m......784
Thursday, January 16, 1997, 1:00 p.m......785
Thursday, January 16, 1997, 2:30 p.m......785
Thursday, January 16, 1997, 4:00 p.m......785
State Committee of Examiners in the Fitting and Dispensing of Hearing 
Instruments
Friday, January 17, 1997, 6:00 p.m......785
Friday, January 17, 1997, 6:45 p.m......786
Friday, January 17, 1997, 7:15 p.m......786
Saturday, January 18, 1997, 8:30 a.m......786
Saturday, January 18, 1997, 9:30 a.m......786
Texas Commission on Human Rights
Thursday, January 16, 1997, 10:00 a.m until adjournment......786
Texas Department of Insurance
Wednesday, January 22, 1997, 9:00 a.m......787
Monday, January 27, 1997, 1:00 p.m......787
Thursday, January 30, 1997, 9:00 a.m......787
Thursday, January 30, 1997, 1:00.p.m......787
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation 
Thursday, January 16, 1997, 9:00 a.m......787
Friday, January 17, 1997, 9:00 a.m......787
Texas State Board of Medical Examiners 
Thursday and Saturday, January 16 and 18, 1997, 9:00 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. 
respectively......788
Thursday, January 16, 1997, 10:30 a.m......788
Thursday, January 16, 1997, 10:30 a.m......788
Thursday, January 16, 1997, 1:00 p.m......788
Thursday, January 16, 1997, 1:00 p.m......789
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission 
Thursday, January 16, 1997, 9:30 a.m......789
Thursday, January 23, 1997, 10:00 a.m......789
Board of Nurse Examiners
Thursday, January 23, 1997, 8:30 a.m......789
Texas Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners 
Thursdy, January 16, 1997, 9:30 a.m......790
Texas Public Finance Authority
Wednesday, January 15, 1997, 10:30 a.m......790
Public Utility Commission of Texas
Tuesday, January 14, 1997, 9:00 a.m......790
Friday, January 17, 1997, 1:00 p.m......790
Railroad Commission of Texas
Tuesday, January 14, 1997, 9:30 a.m......791
Texas Savings and Loan Deparment
Thursday, February 6, 1997, 9:00 a.m......791
Texas Senate
Thursday, January 16, 1997, 9:00 a.m......791
Friday, January 17, 1997, 9:00 a.m......791
Monday, January 20, 1997, 9:00 a.m......791
Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board
Wednesday, January 15, 1997, 8:00 a.m......792
Wednesday, January 15, 1997, 8:00 a.m......792
Sunset Advisory Commission
Wednesday, January 15, 1997, 8:30 a.m......792
Teacher Retirement System of Texas
Tuesday, January 14, 1997, 12:00 noon.....792
Texas Department of Transportation
Thursday, January 16, 1997, 9:00 a.m......792
The University of Texas System
Monday, January 13, 1997, 12:00 noon......793
Texas Water Development Board
Wednesday, January 15, 1997, 4:00 p.m......793
Texas Workforce Commission
Tuesday, January 14, 1997, 9:00 a.m......793
Texas Youth Commission
Wednesday, January 15, 1997, 4:30 p.m......793
Wednesday, January 15, 1997, 5:30 p.m......793
Wednesday, January 15, 1997, 6:30 p.m......794
Thursday, January 16, 1997, 8:30 a.m......794
Thursday, January 16, 1997, 2:30 p.m......794
Regional Meetings
****IN ADDITION****
Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Notice of Request for Proposals .....797
Ark-Tex Council of Governments
Request for Proposal.....798
Office of the Consumer Credit Commissioner 
Notice of Rate Ceiling.....798
Texas Education Agency
Correction of Errors.....799
Texas Department of Health
Correction of Error.....799
Texas Health and Human Services Commission
Excluded Medicaid Providers .....799
Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs Manufactured Housing Division
Notice of a Public Hearing .....802
Notice of Administrative Hearing (MHD1997001775M).....802
Notice of Administrative Hearings (MHD1997001776M).....802
Notice of Administrative Hearing (MHD1997001801M).....803
Notice of Administrative Hearing (MHD1997001818M) 
Texas Department of Insurance
Correction of Error.....803
Insurer Services .....803
Notice .....803
Order Granting Informal Disposition of the Public Hearing in the Matter of the 
Title Insurance Rate Hearing Docket Number 454-94-2015.G2 .....804
Third Party Administrator Applications.....804
Third Party Administrator Applications.....804
Texas State Library and Archives Commission 
Consultant Contract Reports .....805
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission 
Public Input Concerning National Ambient Air Quality Standards.....805
Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife Department
Barton Springs Salamader Conservation Team Meeting.....806
Public Utility Commission of Texas 
Notices of Application to Amend Certificate of Convenience and Necessity 
.....807
Notices of Intent to File Pursuant to Public Utility Commission Substantive Rule 
23.27 .....807
Public Notice of Interconnection Agreement .....808
Texas Department of Transportation
Request for Proposals.....808
Texas Water Development Board
Applications Received.....810