Texas Register
Vol. 23 No. 3
January 16, 1998
Pages 397-472

****TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION****
Advisory Opinion Requests.....403
****PROPOSED RULES****
Finance Commission of Texas
Consumer Credit Commissioner
7 TAC sec.sec.1.1, 1.3, 1.5, 1.6.....405
7 TAC sec.sec.1.101-1.107.....405
Texas State Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners
Violations and Penalties
22 TAC sec.376.1.....408
Continuing Education
22 TAC sec.378.1, sec.378.8.....408
Hyperbaric Oxygen Guidelines
22 TAC sec.380.1.....409
Texas Department of Insurance
Property and Casualty Insurance
28 TAC sec.5.9301.....410
Texas Water Development Board
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund
31 TAC sec.371.2.....411
31 TAC sec.sec.371.21, 371.24, 371.25.....412
Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services
Child Protective Services
40 TAC sec.700.316.....414
40 TAC sec.700.2501.....414
Texas Workforce Commission
General Hearings
40 TAC sec.sec.823.1-823.3.....416
40 TAC sec.sec.823.11-823.15.....416
40 TAC sec.sec.823.31-823.34.....417
40 TAC sec.sec.823.41-823.44.....418
****ADOPTED RULES****
Comptroller of Public Accounts
Tax Administration
34 TAC sec.3.1202.....421
34 TAC sec.3.1203.....422
34 TAC sec.3.1204.....425
Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education
Contract Jailer Certification Division
37 TAC sec.sec.225.1, 225.3, 225.5, 225.7, 225.9, 225.11.....427
****OPEN MEETINGS****
Texas State Board of Public Accountancy
Wednesday, January 14, 1998, 10:00 a.m......429
Wednesday, January 14, 1998, 10:00 a.m......429
Wednesday, January 14, 1998, 1:00 p.m......429
Wednesday, January 14, 1998, 1:00 p.m......429
Wednesday, January 14, 1998, 2:30 p.m......430
Wednesday, January 14, 1998, 3:30 p.m......430
Thursday, January 15, 1998, 9:00 a.m......430
Texas Aerospace Commission
Thursday, January 15, 1998, 9:30 a.m......430
Texas Department of Agriculture
Tuesday, January 27, 1998, 9:00 a.m......431
Tuesday, January 27, 1998, 9:00 a.m......431
Monday, February 2, 1998, 9:00 a.m......431
Monday, February 10, 1998, 9:00 a.m......431
Monday, February 10, 1998, 9:00 a.m......431
Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Thursday, January 15, 1998, 9:00 a.m......431
Texas Bond Review Board
Tuesday, January 13, 1998, 10:00 a.m......432
Texas Department of Economic Development 
Thursday, January 15, 1998, 10:00 a.m......432
Texas Education Agency (TEA)
Thursday, January 15, 1998, 1:00 p.m., Rescheduled from Thursday, January 15, 
1998, 2:00 p.m......432
Thursday, January 15, 1998, 1:00 p.m., Rescheduled from Thursday, January 15, 
1998, 2:00 p.m......432
Thursday, January 15, 1998, 1:00 p.m., Rescheduled from Thursday, January 15, 
1998, 2:00 p.m......433
Friday, January 16, 1998, 9:00 a.m......433
Tuesday, January 20, 1998, 10:00 a.m......433
Advisory Commission on State Emergency Communications
Wednesday, January 14, 1998, 10:00 a.m......434
Wednesday, January 14, 1998, 11:15 a.m......434
Wednesday, January 14, 1998, 1:30 p.m......434
Wednesday, January 14, 1998, 3:15 p.m......434
Thursday, January 15, 1998, 8:30 a.m......435
State Employee Charitable Campaign
Tuesday, January 13, 1998, 8:30 a.m......435
Texas Energy Coordination Council
Wednesday, January 14, 1998, 10:00 a.m......435
Texas Board of Professional Engineers 
Thursday, January 15, 1998, 10:00 a.m......435
Texas Ethics Commission
Friday, January 16, 1998, 9:30 a.m......436
Office of the Governor
Wednesday-Thursday, January 14-15, 1998, 9:00 a.m......436
Tuesday, January 20, 1998, 9:00 a.m......436
Texas Department of Health
Wednesday, January 14, 1998, 6:00 p.m......436
Thursday, January 15, 1998, 8:30 a.m......437
Texas Health Care Information Council 
Tuesday, January 13, 1998, 1:00 p.m......437
Wednesday, January 14, 1998, 1:00 p.m......437
Thursday, January 15, 1998, 10:00 a.m......437
Texas Healthy Kids Corporation 
Wednesday, January 14, 1998, 9:30 a.m......437
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board 
Friday, January 9, 1998, 9:30 a.m......437
Wednesday, January 21, 1998, 1:00 p.m......438
Thursday, January 22, 1998, 8:30 a.m......438
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board 
Friday, January 22, 1998, 8:30 a.m......438
Thursday, January 22, 1998, 9:45 a.m......438
Thursday, January 22, 1998, 10:00 a.m......438
Thursday, January 22, 1998, 10:30 a.m......438
Thursday, January 22, 1998, 11:30 a.m......439
Thursday, January 22, 1998, 11:45 a.m......439
Thursday, January 22, 1998, 12:00 a.m......439
Thursday, January 22, 1998, 1:00 p.m......439
Thursday, January 22, 1998, 2:15 p.m......439
Thursday, January 22, 1998, 2:45 p.m......439
Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs
Tuesday, February 3, 1998, 1:30 p.m......439
Texas Department of Human Services
Wednesday, January 14, 1998, 9:00 a .m......440
Wednesday, January 28, 1998, 9:00 a.m......440
State Independent Living Council
Monday, January 19, 1998, 8:30 a.m......440
Texas Department of Insurance
Monday, January 26, 1998, 9:00 a.m......440
Tuesday, January 27, 1998, 1:00 p.m......440
Thursday, January 29, 1998, 9:00 a.m......440
Friday, January 30, 1998, 1:00 p.m......441
Board of Law Examiners
Thursday, January 15, 1998, 8:30 a.m......441
Thursday, January 15, 1998, 8:30 a.m......441
Board of Law Examiners
Beginning at Friday-January 16, 1998, 8:30 a.m. and continuing through Saturday, 
January 17, 1998.....441
Texas State Library and Archives Commission 
Friday, January 30, 1998, 10:00 a.m......441
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation 
Wednesday, January 14, 1998, 9:00 a.m......441
Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists
Monday, January 26, 1998, 4:30 p.m......442
Tuesday, January 27, 1998, 8:30 p.m......442
Tuesday, January 27, 1998, 10:00 p.m......442
Tuesday, January 27, 1998, 11:30 p.m......442
Tuesday, January 27, 1998, 2:00 p.m......443
Texas Mental Health and Mental Retardation Board
Wednesday, January 14, 1998, 9:30 a.m......443
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission 
Monday, January 12, 1998, 1:30 p.m......443
Monday-Tuesday, January 22-23, 1998, 10:00 a.m......443
Texas Optometry Board
Thursday, January 15, 1998, Friday, January 16, 1998, 9:00 a.m.and 10:30 a.m., 
respectively.....444
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Wednesday, January 21, 1998, 9:00 a.m......444
Wednesday, January 21, 1998, 9:00 a.m......444
Wednesday, January 21, 1998, 9:00 a.m......444
Wednesday, January 21, 1998, 9:00 a.m......444
Wednesday, January 21, 1998, 9:00 a.m......445
Wednesday, January 21, 1998, 9:00 a.m......445
Wednesday, January 21, 1998, 6:30 p.m......445
Wednesday, January 21, 1998, 6:30 p.m......445
Wednesday, January 21, 1998, 6:30 p.m......445
Thursday, January 22, 1998, 9:00 a.m......445
Thursday, January 22, 1998, 9:00 a.m......446
Thursday, January 22, 1998, 9:00 a.m......446
Executive Council of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Examiners
Monday, January 12, 9:30 a.m......446
Public Utility Commission of Texas
Wednesday, January 14, 1998, 9:30 a.m......446
Thursday, January 15, 1998, 9:00 a.m......447
Texas Council on Purchasing from People with Disabilities
Friday, January 23, 1998, 9:30 a.m......447
Texas Racing Commission
Friday, January 9, 1998, 10:00 a.m......447
Railroad Commission of Texas
Tuesday, January 13, 1998, 9:30 a.m......448
Tuesday, January 13, 1998, 9:30 a.m......448
Special Board of Review
Wednesday, January 14, 1998, 6:30 p.m......448
Texas Senate
Wednesday, January 21, 1998, 2:00 p.m......448
Sunset Advisory Commission
Thursday, January 22, 1998, 1:00 p.m......448
Teacher Retirement System of Texas
Tuesday, January 13, 1998, Noon.....449
Texas Woman's University
Monday, January 12, 1998, 10:00 a.m......449
Texas Department of Transportation
Tuesday, January 13, 1998, 9:30 a.m......449
Thursday, January 15, 1998, 1:00 p.m......449
The University of Texas System
Tuesday-Wednesday, January 13-14, 1998, 9:30 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. 
respectively.....449
Texas Water Development Board
Wednesday, January 14, 1998, 3:00 p.m......450
Wednesday, January 14, 1998, 4:00 p.m......450
Thursday, January 15, 1998, 9:00 a.m......450
Texas Council on Workforce and Economic Competitiveness
Tuesday, January 13, 1998, 1:00 p.m......450
Tuesday, January 13, 1998, 1:00 p.m......451
Texas Youth Commission
Wednesday, January 14, 1998, 5:00 p.m......451
Thursday, January 15, 1998, 8:30 a.m......451
Regional Meetings
****IN ADDITION****
Ark-Tex Council of Governments
Request for Proposal, Titles IIA, IIC, III and Older Individual Program 
(OIP).....455
Request for Proposal, Title IIB.....455
Brazos Valley Council of Governments
Request for Proposal-Brazos Valley Workforce Development Board.....456
Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner 
Notice of Rate Ceilings.....456
Notice of Rate Ceilings.....456
Texas Credit Union Department
Notification of Use of an Assumed Name.....456
Texas Education Agency
Request for Proposal Concerning Services to Assist in the Evaluation of 
Instructional materials Submitted Under Proclamation 1996.....457
Request for Qualifications for Selection of Professional Geotechnical 
Engineering & Testing Services for Indefinite Quantity (IDQ) Contracts.....457
General Services Commission
Notice of Award of Consultant Contract.....458
Texas Department of Health
Corrections of Error.....458
Health and Human Service Commission
Public Hearing.....458
Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs
Announcement of Public Comment Period and Public Hearings Schedule for the 1998 
State Low Income Housing Plan and Annual Report - Draft For Public 
Comment.....458
Notice of Administrative Hearing (MHD1997001987D, MHD1997002114D and 
MHD1997002181D).....459
Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs
Public Hearing for the Weatherization Assistance Program for Low-Income Persons 
1998 State Plan.....459
Texas Department of Human Services
Correction of Errors.....459
Texas Department of Human Services
Public Hearing-Deletion of Religious Exemption for Finger Imaging.....460
Texas Department Of Insurance
Insurer Services.....460
Notice.....460
Notice.....460
Texas Department of Insurance
Notice.....461
Notice of Public Hearing.....461
Request for Proposals.....461
Third Party Administrator Applications.....462
Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Authority
Request for Proposals.....462
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission 
Enforcement Orders.....464
Notice of Receipt of Application and Declaration of Administrative Completeness 
for Municipal Solid Waste Management Facility for the Period of December 29, 
1997 to January 2, 1998.....465
North Texas Tollway Authority
Request for Qualification.....466
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Notice of Availability of Final Restoration Plan and Environmental 
Assessment.....466
Public Utility Commission of Texas
Notice of Application For Amendment To Service Provider Certificate of Operating 
Authority.....467
Notice of Application For Service Provider Certificate of Operating 
Authority.....467
Notice of Application For Service Provider Certificate of Operating 
Authority.....467
Public Utility Commission of Texas
Notices of Application Pursuant to P.U.C. Substantive Rule 23.94.....467
Notices of Application to Amend Certificate of Convenience and Necessity 
.....468
Notice of Workshop and Request for Comments in Commission Inquiry Regarding 
Public Interest Payphones.....469
South Plains Regional Workforce Development Board (JobSource+)
Public Notice.....470
Texas Retirement System of Texas
Request for Proposal.....470
Texas Department of Transportation
Notice of Invitation.....470
Texas Water Development Board
Applications Received.....472