Title 40, Part I

The Texas Department of Human Services adopts without changes Title 40 TAC, Chapter 17 (relating to Tel-assistance Program), and Chapter 18 (relating to Nursing Facilities Administrators) pursuant to the Appropriations Act of 1997, House Bill 1, Article IX, §167.

The proposed review was published in the March 5, 1999, issue of the Texas Register (24 TexReg 1641).

No comments were received regarding the review.

TRD-9902140

Paul Leche

General Counsel

Texas Department of Human Services

Filed: April 12, 1999

Title 30, Part 1

The Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (commission) adopts the review of the rules in 30 TAC Chapters 1, 3, 5, 10, 20, and 40, concerning Procedural Rules. This review complies with the General Appropriations Act, Article IX, §167, 75th Legislature, 1997. The proposed notice of review was published in the January 1, 1999, issue of the Texas Register (24 TexReg 172).

The commission readopts the following rules: 30 TAC Chapter 1, concerning Purpose of Rules, General Provisions; 30 TAC Chapter 3, concerning Definitions; 30 TAC Chapter 5, concerning Advisory Committees; 30 TAC Chapter 10, concerning Commission Meetings; 30 TAC Chapter 20, concerning Rulemaking; and 30 TAC Chapter 40, concerning Alternative Dispute Resolution Procedure, as required by the General Appropriations Act, Article IX, §167. Section 167 requires state agencies to review and consider for readoption rules adopted under the Administrative Procedure Act. The review must include, at a minimum, an assessment that the reason for the rules continues to exist. The commission reviewed the rules in each of these chapters and determined that the reasons for adopting these rules continue to exist. The rules are necessary to establish general commission procedures, as required by Texas Government Code, §2001.044. These rules are also necessary to prescribe certain commission procedural requirements for general agency operations, commission advisory committees, commission meetings, commission rulemaking activities, and alternative dispute resolution.

The commission concurrently adopts amendments to §§;1.5, 3.2, 5.5, and 10.4 in the Proposed Rules section of this issue of the Texas Register . The changes were identified during the course of the commission's review and primarily correct statutory references and make clarifications. In addition, the commission adopts conforming changes in 30 TAC Chapters 305 and 312 in this edition of the Texas Register . The specific changes are noted in the proposed rule preamble for each action.

The comment period for the review closed on February 1, 1999. No comments were received on the proposed notice of review.

TRD-9902155

Margaret Hoffman

Director, Environmental Law Division

Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission

Filed: April 13, 1999