Texas Register
Vol. 22 No. 75
November 7, 1997
Pages 10829-11024

****ATTORNEY GENERAL****
Letter Opinions.....10837
****EMERGENCY RULES****
Railroad Commission of Texas
Gas Utilities Division
16 TAC sec.7.74.....10839
****PROPOSED RULES****
Office of the Governor
Automobile Theft Prevention Authority
1 TAC sec.4.47.....10841
Office of the Secretary of State
1 TAC sec.79.2.....10841
1 TAC sec.sec.79.13-79.15, 79.17-79.19.....10842
1 TAC sec.sec.79.21-79.28.....10843
1 TAC sec.sec.79.34, 79.43, 79.48, 79.50.....10844
1 TAC sec.sec.79.71-79.73.....10845
1 TAC sec.79.81, sec.79.82.....10847
Unincorporated Business Entities
1 TAC sec.sec.80.1-80.4.....1084
1 TAC sec.sec.80.1-80.7.....10849
1 TAC sec.80.29.....10851
Limited Partnership
1 TAC sec.sec.83.1-83.6.....10852
1 TAC sec.sec.83.1-83.5.....10852
1 TAC sec.sec.83.21-83.24.....10853
Trademarks [Trademark Section: Practice and Procedure]
1 TAC sec.93.1, sec.93.2.....10854
1 TAC sec.sec.93.41-93.43.....10856
1 TAC sec.sec.93.51-93.55.....10857
1 TAC sec.sec.93.61-93.62, 93.66, 93.67.....10857
1 TAC sec.93.63.....10858
1 TAC sec.93.63.....10858
1 LTAC sec.93.91, sec.93.93.....10860
1 TAC sec.93.101.....10860
1 TAC sec.93.103.....10861
1 TAC sec.sec.93.112-93.113, 93.117.....10861
1 TAC sec.93.114.....10862
1 TAC sec.93.114, sec.93.118.....10862
1 TAC sec.sec.93.131-93.133.....10863
1 TAC sec.93.152.....10863
1 TAC sec.93.153 .....10864
1 TAC sec.93.154.....10864
1 TAC sec.93.154.....10864
1 TAC sec.93.163.....10865
1 TAC sec.93.172.....10865
1 TAC sec.sec.93.181-93.183.....10866
1 TAC sec.93.184.....10867
Department of Information Resources
Planning and Management of Information Resources Technologies
1 TAC sec.201.14.....10867
1 TAC sec.201.16.....10870
Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs
HOME Investment Partnerships Program
10 TAC sec.sec.53.50-53.57, 53.59-53.60, 53.62.....10871
Railroad Commission of Texas
Gas Utilities Division
16 TAC sec.7.74.....10874
Public Utility Commission of Texas
Substantive Rules
16 TAC sec.23.25.....10876
Structural Pest Control Board
Treatment Standards
22 TAC sec.599.4.....10878
Texas Department of Health
HIV and STD Control
25 TAC sec.sec.98.131-98.141.....10879
Food and Drug
25 TAC sec.sec.229.121-229.129.....10881
Athletic Trainers
25 TAC sec.sec.313.1, 313.3, 313.5, 313.7, 313.8, 313.9, 313.12, 
313.13.....10886
Texas Department of Insurance
Life, Accident and Health Insurance and Annuities
28 TAC sec.3.129.....10888
28 TAC sec.sec.3.12001-3.12017.....10889
Agent's Licensing
28 TAC sec.19.1722.....10896
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
Regional Assessments of Water Quality
30 TAC sec.sec.220.1-220.7.....10898
30 TAC sec.220.21, sec.220.22.....10902
Regional Assessments of Water Quality
30 TAC sec.sec.320.1-320.9.....10905
30 TAC sec.320.21, sec.320.22.....10905
Comptroller of Public Accounts
Tax Administration
34 TAC sec.3.322.....10905
Property Tax Administration
34 TAC sec.9.415.....10906
Employees Retirement System
Insurance
34 TAC sec.sec.81.1, 81.3, 81.5, 81.7, 81.9, 81.11.....10907
Flexible Benefits
34 TAC sec.sec.85.1, 85.3, 85.5, 85.7, 85.13.....10922
Texas Department of Public Safety
Vehicle Inspection
37 TAC sec.sec.23.101, 23.102.....10927
Texas Department of Human Services
Nursing Facility Requirements for Licensure and Medicaid Certification
40 TAC sec.19.1.....10929
40 TAC sec.19.101.....10929
40 TAC sec.sec.19.201, 19.204, 19.205, 19.209, 19.210, 19.212, 19.214, 
19.216.....10930
40 TAC sec.19.326.....10934
40 TAC sec.sec.19.401, 19.403, 19.408, 19.415.....10934
40 TAC sec.19.502, sec.19.503.....10935
40 TAC sec.19.601, sec.19.602.....10936
40 TAC sec.19.801.....10937
40 TAC sec.19.1001, sec.19.1010 .....10937
40 TAC sec.19.1101, sec.19.1104.....10938
40 TAC sec.sec.19.1912, 19.1918, 19.1920, 19.1921.....10938
40 TAC sec.sec.19.2002, 19.2004, 19.2008.....10939
40 TAC sec.19.2102.....10941
40 TAC sec.sec.19.2104, 19.2106, 19.2110-19.2112, 19.2114, 19.2115 .....10941
40 TAC sec.sec.19.2146-19.2148.....10944
40 TAC sec.19.2147.....10944
40 TAC sec.19.2308, sec.19.2320.....10944
Legal Services
40 TAC sec.sec.79.402-79.404.....10945
Automobile Theft Prevention Authority
Automobile Theft Prevention Authority
43 TAC sec.57.48.....10948
****ADOPTED RULES****
State Finance Commission
Banking Section
7 TAC sec.3.21.....10949
7 TAC sec.3.92.....10949
7 TAC sec.3.111.....10949
Currency Exchange
7 TAC sec.4.3.....10950
7 TAC sec.4.8.....10950
Rules of Procedure for Contested Case Hearings, Appeals, and Rulemakings
7 TAC sec.sec.9.1-9.5.....10951
7 TAC sec.sec.9.11, 9.12, 9.14-9.31.....10951
7 TAC sec.9.53.....10951
Rules of Procedure for Contested Case Hearings, Appeals, and Rulemakings
7 TAC sec.sec.9.1-9.3.....10952
7 TAC sec.sec.9.11, 9.12, 9.14-9.23, 9.25-9.38.....10952
Texas Department of Banking
Loans and Investments
7 TAC sec.12.2.....10954
7 TAC sec.12.32.....10955
7 TAC sec.12.91.....10955
Corporate Activities
7 TAC sec.sec.15.2, 15.3, 15.6.....10955
7 TAC sec.sec.15.61, 15.62.....10957
7 TAC sec.15.81.....10957
7 TAC sec.15.122.....10958
Prepaid Funeral Contracts
7 TAC sec.25.23.....10958
7 TAC sec.sec.25.51, 25.54.....10958
Public Utility Commission of Texas
Substantive Rules
16 TAC sec.23.54.....10959
Texas Department of Health
Milk and Dairy
25 TAC sec.217.81.....10966
Texas Department of Insurance
Agent's Licensing
28 TAC sec.19.201.....10967
28 TAC sec.19.1901.....10967
Texas Youth Commission
Admission and Placement
37 TAC sec.85.23.....10969
****TABLES AND GRAPHICS****
Tables and Graphics.....10971
****OPEN MEETINGS****
State Office of Administrative Hearings
Thursday, November 13, 1997, 9:00 a.m......10983
Friday, November 14, 1997, 9:00 a.m......10983
Monday, February 9, 1998, 9:00 a.m......10983
Texas Agricultural Finance Authority 
Thursday-Friday, November 6-7, 1997, 1:30 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. 
respectively.....10983
Texas Department of Agriculture
Thursday, November 6, 1997, 1:00 p.m......10984
Thursday, November 13, 1997, 10:00 a.m......10984
Tuesday, November 18, 1997, 1:30 p.m......10984
Tuesday, November 18, 1997, 1:30 p.m......10984
Tuesday, November 18, 1997, 1:30 p.m......10984
Tuesday, November 18, 1997, 1:30 p.m......10984
Tuesday, November 18, 1997, 1:30 p.m......10984
Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Tuesday, November 4, 1997, 9:00 a.m......10985
State Board of Barber Examiners
Tuesday, November 4, 1997, 9:00 a.m......10985
Texas Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation 
Monday, November 3, 1997, 8:30 a.m......10985
Texas Cancer Council
Thursday, November 13, 1997, 8:30 a.m......10985
Thursday, November 13, 1997, 8:30 a.m......10986
Thursday, November 13, 1997, 10:00 a.m......10986
Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners 
Thursday, November 6, 1997, 10:00 a.m......10986
Coastal Coordination Council (CCC)
Wednesday, November 12, 1997, 1:30 p.m......10986
Texas Association of Counties 
Thursday, November 13, 1997, 9:00 a.m......10987
Thursday, November 13, 1997, 9:00 a.m......10987
Office of Court Administration
Thursday, November 13, 1997, 9:30 a.m......10987
Texas Department of Criminal Justice 
Monday, November 3, 1997, 4:00 p.m......10988
Monday, November 3, 1997, 1:00 p.m. (Rescheduled from 4:00 p.m.).....10988
Friday, November 7, 1997, 8:30 a.m......10988
Friday, November 7, 1997, 9:00 a.m......10988
Friday, November 7, 1997, 9:45 a.m. .....10989
State Board of Dental Examiners
Friday, November 7, 1997, 3:00 p.m......10989
Texas Education Agency (TEA)
Thursday, November 13, 1997, 8:30 a.m......10989
State Board for Educator Certification 
Friday, October 31, 1997, 9:00 a.m......10989
Monday, November 3, 1997, 9:00 a.m......10990
Texas Food and Fibers Commission
Wedneday, November 12, 1997, 8:30 a.m......10990
General Land Office
Tuesday, November 4, 1997, 11:00 a.m......10990
Wednesday, November 5, 1997, 3:00 p.m......10990
Texas Department of Health
Tuesday, November 4, 1997 at 2:45 p.m......10991
Monday, December 8, 1997 at 10:00 a.m......10991
Texas Health Care Information Council 
Tuesday, November 4, 1997 at 1:00 p.m......10991
Texas Health Insurance Risk Pool
Tuesday, November 4, 1997- Board 1:00 p.m.; Actuarial/Rating, Benefits--8:30 
a.m.; Staffing--10:30 a.m. .....10991
Health and Human Services Commission 
Friday, November 13, 1997- 9:15 a.m......10992
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board 
Wednesday, November 5, 1997, 9:30 a.m......10992
Texas Historical Commission
Friday, November 7, 1997, 10:30 a.m......10992
Friday, November 7, 1997, 1:30 p.m......10993
Saturday, November 8, 1997, 8:30 a.m......10993
Texas Department of Human Services (TDHS) 
Friday, October 31, 1997, 10:00 a.m. .....10993
Wednesday, November 5, 1997, 11:00 a.m. CST/10:00 MST.....10993
Friday, November 7, 1997, 10:00 a.m. .....10993
Texas Department of Insurance
Tuesday, November 18, 1997, 9:00 a.m......10993
Tuesday, November 18, 1997, 9:00 a.m......10994
Wednesday, November 19, 1997, 9:00 a.m......10994
Wednesday, November 19, 1997, 9:00 a.m......10994
Boards for Lease of State-owned lands 
Thursday, November 6, 1997, 3:00 p.m......10994
Thursday, November 6, 1997, 3:00 p.m......10994
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation 
Wednesday, November 5, 1997, 9:00 a.m......10994
Wednesday, November 5, 1997, 1:00 p.m......10995
Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Authority
Thursday, November 13, 1997, 10:00 a.m......10995
Thursday, November 13, 1997, 10:00 a.m......10995
Texas State Board of Medical Examiners 
Friday, October 31, 1997, 9:00 a.m......10995
Texas Mental Health and Mental Retardation Board
Tuesday, November 4, 1997, 10:30 a.m......10995
Tuesday, November 4, 1997, 11:00 a.m......10996
Tuesday, November 4, 1997, 11:30 a.m......10996
Tuesday, November 4, 1997, 2:30 p.m......10996
Wednesday, November 5, 1997, 9:00 a.m......10997
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission 
Tuesday, November 4, 1997, 9:30 a.m......10997
Wednesday, November 5, 1997, 9:30 a.m......10997
Wednesday, November 5, 1997, 9:30 a.m......10997
Thursday, November 6, 1997, 1:30 p.m......10998
Wednesday, January 21, 1998, 9:30 a.m......10998
Board of Nurse Examiners
Thursday, Friday, November 13-14, 1997, 8:30 a.m......10998
Texas Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners 
Wednesday, November 5, 1997, 1:00 p.m......10998
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Wednesday -- Friday, November 12 through 14, 1997, (Noon Wednesday through Noon 
Friday)......10998
Public Utility Commission of Texas
Friday, October 31, 1997, 1:30 p.m......10999
Tuesday, November 4, 1997, 9:30 a.m......10999
Wednesday, November 5, 1997, 10:00 a.m......10999
Thursday, November 20, 1997, 9:00 a.m......10999
Railroad Commission of Texas
Tuesday, November 4, 1997, 9:30 a.m......10999
Tuesday, November 4, 1997, 9:30 a.m......11000
Friday, November 14, 1997, 1:00 p.m......11000
Texas Real Estate Commission
Monday, November 3, 1997, 8:15 a.m......11000
Monday, November 3, 1997, 9:30 a.m......11000
Texas Residential Property Insurance Market Assistance Program
Wednesday, November 5, 1997, 9:30 a.m......11001
Texas Savings and Loan Department
Monday, November 24, 1997, 9:00 a.m......11001
Texas Senate
Thursday, November 13, 1997, 8:30 a.m......11001
Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation 
Thursday, November 6, 1997, 8:30 a.m......11001
Texas Southern University
Thursday, November 6, 1997, 10:00 a.m......11002
Thursday, November 6, 1997, 11:15 a.m......11002
Thursday, November 6, 1997, 12:30 p.m......11002
Thursday, November 6, 1997, 1:15 p.m......11002
Thursday, November 6, 1997, 2:15 p.m......11002
Friday, November 7, 1997, 8:30 a.m......11002
Texas Department of Transportation
Thursday, October 30, 1997, 9:00 a.m......11002
University Interscholastic League
Friday, October 24, 1997, 9:30 a.m......11003
University of North Texas/University of North Texas Health Science Center
Saturday, November 1, 1997, 8:30 a.m......11003
University of Texas System
Friday, October 31, 1997, 1:00 p.m......11003
Friday, October 31, 1997, 5:30 p.m......11003
Texas Workers' Compensation Commission
Monday, October 27, 1997, 11:30 a.m......11003
Texas Workforce Commission
Tuesday, November 4, 1997, 9:00 a.m......11004
Regional Meetings
****IN ADDITION****
Central Texas Workforce Development Board
Request for Bids.....11009
Coastal Coordination Council
Notice and Opportunity to Comment on Requests for Consistency 
Agreement/Concurrence under the Texas Coastal Management Program.....11009
Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner
Notice of Rate Ceilings.....11010
East Texas Council of Governments
Request for Proposals.....11010
Texas Education Agency
Corrections of Error.....11010
Employees Retirement System of Texas
Contract Awards.....11010
Office of the Governor
Notification of Consultant Award-Budget and Planning Division.....11011
Invitation for Applications for local and regional grants under the Governor's 
1999 Criminal Justice Plan for Texas-Criminal Justice Division.....11011
Invitation for Applications for statewide grants under the Governor's 1999 
Criminal Justice Plan for Texas.....11011
Texas Department of Health
Corrections of Error.....11012
Designation of Site Serving Medically Underserved Populations .....11012
Notice of Intent to Revoke a Radioactive Material License.....11012
Notice of Intent to Revoke Certificates of Registration.....11012
Notice of Request for Proposals for Put Prevention Into Practice.....11013
Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs
Announcement of Public Comment Period for 1998 State of Texas Consolidated Plan-
One Year Action Plan Draft for Public.....11013
Notice of Administrative Hearing (MHD1996001881D).....11014
Notice of Administrative Hearings (MHD1996001234D, MHD1997000281D, 
MHD1997000785D and MHD1997001329D).....11014
Notice of Administrative Hearings (MHD1997000532D, MHD1997001920D, 
MHD1997001971D and MHD1997002439D).....11014
Notice of Administrative Hearing (MHD1996001106D).....11015
Notice of Public Hearing .....11015
Texas Department of Human Services
Notice of Public Hearing-Amendments to the Nursing Facility Requirements for 
Licensure and Medicaid Certification Pursuant to Senate Bill 190.....11016
Texas Department of Insurance
Insurer Services.....11016
Notice.....11016
Request for Proposals.....11016
Third Party Administrator Applications.....11017
Third Party Administrators Applications.....11017
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
Notice of Applications for Waste Disposal/Discharge Permits .....11018
Provisionally-Issued Temporary Permits to Appropriate State Water .....11019
Notice of Public Hearing.....11019
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Request for Proposal for Parks, and Recreation and Natural Resource 
Study.....11020
Public Utility Commission of Texas
Notice of Application for Amendment to Service Provider Certificate of Operating 
Authority.....11020
Notices of Application to Amend Certificate of Convenience and 
Necessity.....11020
Notice of Intent to File Pursuant to Public Utility Commission Substantive Rule 
sec.23.27.....11021
Notice of Joint Agreement for Extended Area Calling Service From the Frisco 
Exchange, et. al., to the Dallas Metropolitan Area .....11021
Public Notices of Interconnection Agreements.....11021
University of Texas System
Request for Proposals.....11024