Texas Register
Vol. 22 No. 16
February 28, 1997
Pages 2013-2405

****ATTORNEY GENERAL****
Office of the Attorney General
Letter Opinions.....2017
Opinion.....2019
****TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION****
Texas Ethics Commission
Advisory Opinion Requests.....2021
****EMERGENCY RULES****
Texas Board of Nursing Facility Administrators 
Nursing Facility Administrators
22 TAC sec.241.19, sec.241.20.....2023
****PROPOSED RULES****
Texas Education Agency
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Languages Other Than English
19 TAC sec.114.1, sec.114.2.....2025
19 TAC sec.114.11, sec.114.12.....2026
19 TAC sec.sec.114.21-114.26.....2026
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Fine Arts
19 TAC sec.sec.117.1-117.19.....2031
19 TAC sec.sec.117.31-117.40.....2042
19 TAC sec.sec.117.51-117.67.....2048
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Agricultural Science and Technology 
Education
19 TAC sec.sec.119.1-119.3.....2060
19 TAC sec.sec.119.11-119.13.....2062
19 TAC sec.sec.119.21-119.28.....2064
19 TAC sec.sec.119.41-119.69.....2070
19 TAC sec.sec.119.81-119.88.....2086
19 TAC sec.119.101, sec.119.102.....2090
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Business Education
19 TAC sec.sec.120.1-120.5.....2091
19 TAC sec.sec.120.21-120.27 .....2095
19 TAC sec.sec.120.41-120.49 .....2102
19 TAC sec.sec.120.61-120.66.....2109
19 TAC sec.120.81, sec.120.82.....2119
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Health Science Technology Education
19 TAC sec.sec.121.1-121.5.....2120
19 TAC sec.sec.121.11-121.15.....2126
19 TAC sec.sec.121.21-121.26.....2130
19 TAC sec.121.31, sec.121.32.....2135
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Home Economics Education
19 TAC sec.122.1, sec.122.2.....2137
19 TAC sec.sec.122.11-122.14.....2139
19 TAC sec.sec.122.21-122.24.....2145
19 TAC sec.sec.122.31-122.34.....2151
19 TAC sec.sec.122.41-122.43.....2156
19 TAC sec.sec.122.51-122.54.....2160
19 TAC sec.sec.122.61-122.63.....2167
19 TAC sec.sec.122.71-122.74.....2170
19 TAC sec.sec.122.81-122.84.....2175
19 TAC sec.122.91, sec.122.92.....2180
19 TAC sec.sec.122.101-122.103.....2186
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Technology Education/Industrial 
Technology Education
19 TAC sec.123.1, sec.123.2.....2187
19 TAC sec.sec.123.11-123.16.....2189
19 TAC sec.sec.123.31-123.33.....2198
19 TAC sec.sec.123.41-123.47.....2203
19 TAC sec.sec.123.61-123.68.....2214
19 TAC sec.sec.123.81-123.83.....2225
19 TAC sec.sec.123.91-123.93.....2227
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Marketing Education
19 TAC sec.124.1, sec.124.2.....2231
19 TAC sec.sec.124.11-124.14.....2232
19 TAC sec.sec.124.21-124.25.....2237
19 TAC sec.sec.124.31-124.33.....2243
19 TAC sec.sec.124.41-124.47.....2249
19 TAC sec.124.61, sec.124.62.....2259
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Trade and Industrial Education
19 TAC sec.sec.125.1-125.7.....2260
19 TAC sec.sec.125.21-125.30.....2265
19 TAC sec.sec.125.41-125.47.....2273
19 TAC sec.sec.125.61-125.65.....2279
19 TAC sec.sec.125.71-125.80.....2282
19 TAC sec.sec.125.91-125.99.....2290
19 TAC sec.sec.125.111-125.115.....2297
19 TAC sec.125.121 sec.125.122.....2301
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Technology Applications
19 TAC sec.sec.126.1-126.3.....2302
19 TAC sec.126.11, sec.126.12.....2305
19 TAC sec.sec.126.21-126.29.....2307
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Career Orientation
19 TAC sec.127.1, sec.127.2.....2322
19 TAC sec.127.11, sec.127.12.....2323
State Board for Educator Certification 
American Sign Language Certificate 
19 TAC sec. 240.1.....2325
Texas State Board of Public Accountancy
Certification as CPA
22 TAC sec.511.92.....2326
Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation
Client Assignment and Continuity of Services 
25 TAC sec.sec.402.311-402.323.....2326
25 TAC sec.sec.402.311-402.324.....2327
Texas Youth Commission
Treatment
37 TAC sec.87.67.....2340
****TABLES AND GRAPHICS****
Tables and Graphics.....2344
****ADOPTED RULES****
Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs 
Low Income Tax Credit Rules - 1996
10 TAC sec.49.5.....2353
Texas Lottery Commission
Administration of State Lottery Act
16 TAC sec.401.310.....2353
Bingo Regulation and Tax
16 TAC sec.402.567.....2354
Texas Cosmetology Commission
Sanitary Rulings
22 TAC sec.sec.83.1, 83.3, 83.13, 83.14, 83.16.....2355
Public Records
22 TAC sec.85.1.....2356
General Rules and Regulations
22 TAC sec.sec.89.1, 89.8, 89.21, 89.25, 89.27, 89.41, 89.45, 89.48, 89.52, 
89.58-89.60, 89.62-89.68, 89.70.....2356
22 TAC sec.sec.89.2-89.4, 89.7, 89.9- 89.11, 89.13-89.17, 89.19, 89.20, 89.24, 
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, 89.72, 89.75.....2357
Texas Board of Nursing Facility Administrators 
Nursing Facility Administrators
22 TAC sec.241.19, sec.241.20.....2360
Texas Cancer Council
Policies and Procedures
25 TAC sec.701.8.....2372
Texas Low-level Radioactive Waste Disposal Authority 
Planning and Implementation Fees
31 TAC sec.sec.450.1-450.4.....2372
****OPEN MEETINGS****
Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation
Monday, March 3, 1997, 1:00 p.m......2375
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station 
Wednesday, March 5, 1997, 10:00 a.m......2375
Texas Department of Agriculture
Monday, March 3, 1997, 10:00 a.m. .....2375
Texas Commission on the Arts
Wednesday, March 5, 1997, 8:30 a.m......2376
Thursday, March 6, 1997, 8:30 a.m......2376
Comptroller of Public Accounts
Wednesday, March 5, 1997, 9:00 a.m......2376
State Employees Charitable Campaign
Wednesday, February, 26, 1997, 3:30 p.m......2376
Employees Retirement System of Texas 
Thursday, March 6, 1997, 10:00 a.m......2377
Office of the Governor-Criminal Justice Division
Thursday and Friday, March 6-7, 1997, 9:00 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. respectively 
.....2377
Health and Human Services Commission 
Wednesday, March 12, 1997, 1:30 p.m......2377
Thursday, March 13, 1997, 9:15 a.m......2377
Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs
Monday, March 3, 1997, 8:30 a.m......2377
Monday, March 3, 1997, 9:30 a.m......2378
Texas Department of Insurance
Wednesday, March 19, 1997, 9:00 a.m......2378
Friday, March 21, 1997, 9:00 a.m......2378
Friday, March 21, 1997, 3:00 p.m......2378
General Land Office
Monday, March 3, 1997, 10:00 a.m......2378
Tuesday, March 4, 1997, 10:00 a.m......2379
Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education
Thursday, March 6, 1997, 1:30 p.m......2379
Friday, March 7, 1997, 9:30 a.m......2379
Boards for Lease of State-owned Lands 
Tuesday, March 4, 1997, 11:30 a.m......2379
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation 
Tuesday, March 4, 1997, 9:00 a.m......2380
Texas Lottery Commission
Tuesday, March 4, 1997, 9:00 a.m......2380
Texas State Board of Medical Examiners 
Thursday, February 27, 1997, 9:00 a.m., and Saturday, March 1, 1997, 8:30 
a.m......2380
Thursday, February 27, 1997, 10:30 a.m......2380
Thursday, February 27, 1997, 10:30 a.m......2381
Thursday, February 27, 1997, 1:00 p.m......2381
Thursday, February 27, 1997, 1:00 p.m......2381
Friday, February 28, 1997, 9:00 a.m......2381
Friday, February 28, 1997, 10:00 a.m......2382
Friday, February 28, 1997, 11:00 a.m......2382
Friday, February 28, 1997, 1:30 p.m......2382
Friday, February 28, 1997, 2:30 p.m......2382
Friday, February 28, 1997, 3:30 p.m......2383
Friday, February 28, 1997, 4:00 p.m......2383
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission 
Tuesday, March 4, 1997, 9:30 a.m......2383
Wednesday, March 5, 1997, 9:30 a.m., Thursday, March 6, 1997, 1:00 p.m. 
.....2383
Friday, March 7, 1997, 9:30 a.m. .....2384
Tuesday, March 11, 1997, 10:00 a.m. .....2384
Wednesday, March 12, 1997, 10:00 a.m. .....2384
Tuesday, March 18, 1997, 10:00 a.m. .....2384
Thursday, March 27, 1997, 10:00 a.m. .....2384
State Preservation Board
Monday, March 3, 1997, 3:00 p.m......2384
Public Utility Commission of Texas
Monday, March 10, 1997, 9:00 a.m......2385
Monday, March 10, 1997, 9:00 a.m......2385
Texas Public Finance Authority
Tuesday, March 4, 1997, 10:00 a.m......2385
Railroad Commission of Texas
Friday, February 21, 1997, 11:30 a.m......2385
Tuesday, March 4, 1997, 9:30 a.m......2386
Structural Pest Control Board
Thursday, March 6, 1997, 9:00 a.m......2386
Teacher Retirement System of Texas
Thursday, February 27, 1997, 3:00 p.m......2386
Thursday, February 27, 1997, 4:30 p.m......2386
Friday, February 28, 1997, 8:00 a.m......2387
Friday, February 28, 1997, 9:30 a.m......2387
Texas State Technical College System 
Tuesday, February 25, 1997, 9:00 a.m......2387
Texas Department of Transportation
Thursday, February 27, 1997, 9:00 a.m. .....2388
The University of Texas System
Monday, February 24, 1997, 9:15 a.m......2388
The University of Texas at Austin
Tuesday, February 25, 1997, 3:30 p.m......2388
The University of Texas Health Center at Tyler
Thursday, March 6, 1997, Noon.....2388
Texas Workers' Compensation Commission 
Thursday, March 6, 1997, 10:00 a.m......2388
Texas Workforce Commission
Sunday, March 2, 1997; 2:30 p.m......2389
Monday, March 3, 1997; 8:00 a.m......2389
Regional Meetings
****IN ADDITION****
Agriculture Resources Protection Authority
Notice of Taking of Public Comment on State Pesticide Regulation Efforts 
.....2393
Coastal Coordination Council 
Notice and Opportunity to Comment on Requests for Consistency 
Agreement/Concurrence under the Texas Coastal Management Program.....2393
Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner 
Notice of Rate Bracket Adjustment.....2394
Notice of Rate Ceiling.....2394
Texas Department of Criminal Justice 
Request for Proposal.....2395
Texas Education Agency
Notice of Correction of Starting and Ending Date, Correction of Funding, and 
Extension of Deadline.....2396
General Services Commission
State Energy Conservation Office, Housing Partnership Program Notice of Contract 
Award.....2396
Office of the Governor-Criminal Justice Division
Fiscal Year 1997 Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act Report .....2396
Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs
Notice of Public Hearing Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds (Canyon Crest 
Apartments Project) Series 1997 .....2397
Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, Manufactured Housing Division
Notice of Administrative Hearing (MHD1997000158D).....2397
Notice of Administrative Hearing (MHD1997000364-D).....2397
Texas Department of Human Services
Notice of Public Hearing-Proposed Payment Rates for Primary Home Care and Family 
Care Programs.....2398
Texas Department of Insurance
Insurer Services.....2398
Notice.....2398
Notice of Application by AMERIHEALTH HMO OF TEXAS, INC., HOUSTON, TEXAS for 
Issuance of a Certificate of Authority to Establish and Operate an HMO in the 
State of Texas .....2398
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission 
Notice of Public Hearing.....2399
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Annual Meeting of Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission.....2399
Public Utility Commission of Texas
Notices of Intent of File Pursuant to Public Utility Commission Rule 23.27 
.....2399
Notice of Intent to File Pursuant to Public Utility Commission on Substantive 
Rule 23.28.....2400
Teacher Retirement System of Texas
Report of Balance Sheet, Actuarial Valuation, and Unfunded Liabilities .....2401