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(E) Youth will not be allowed to possess any talcum
powder, aerosol products, or products in glass containers or cans. The
following types of makeup will be prohibited: Lip liner pencils, eye-
liner (liquid or pencil), eye shadow (cream, powder or pencil), eye-
brow pencil, eyelash curler, loose powder, waterproof cosmetics, and
nail polish. Institution administrators may place local restrictions on
certain types or brands of hygiene products based on safety concerns,
e.g. alcohol content, toxicity, etc.
(7) Youth of any phase will be allowed to possess additional
hygiene products deemed medically necessary. Facial cleanser will be
supplied to youth as needed/as appropriate to remove cosmetics and/or
control acne.
(8) Makeup and other hygiene products may be controlled
by staff and issued only at times the youth are in need of them.
(9) Obtaining Clothing, Shoes, makeup and Hygiene Prod-
ucts.
(A) Personal clothing for off-campus privileges, shoes,
makeup and other hygiene products may be purchased by the youth
through a local commissary or purchased by the facility on the youth's
behalf, using money from the youth's student trust fund.
(B) Youth will be allowed to receive phase-appropriate
shoes or clothing through the mail, only if it is shipped directly from
the store. These items will be searched for contraband by staff in the
presence of the youth and placed on the youth's inventory the day they
are received.
(C) If a facility chooses to purchase these items on the
youth's behalf, a local procedure shall be outlined to include a standard
approval procedure and proper accounting procedures. Staff shall not
take money directly from youth for this purpose.
(D) No more than one of a particular hygiene product
will be kept by the youth at any one time.
(10) Youth may possess personal magazines, books or
other publications; however, the policy on contraband will limit the
content. The youth will be limited in the number or the amount of
publications based on storage space limitations, and based on what the
local fire marshal will allow (e.g. three books, four publications, etc).
(11) In order to encourage and assist youth in concentrating
on learning and practicing their Resocialization skills and goals, youth
will not be allowed to possess radios, stereos, cassette tapes, computer
diskettes, compact discs, cell phones, batteries, walkmans, television
sets, or other electronic equipment with the following exception out-
lined below.
(A) As an incentive to participate and progress in the
agency's Resocialization program, Phase III and IV youth will possess
their own (or have access to) battery-operated personal radios and/or
tape players (e.g. Walkmans). The radios and/or tape players/tapes
will preferably be provided by the volunteer council or purchased with
money from the Student Benefit Fund. The youth may not receive elec-
tronics or music through the mail or through visitation.
(B) Youth will only be allowed to use the radios or tape
players during designated free time.
(C) TYC will provide batteries.
(D) In facilities that can access radio stations in the
dorm, the youth will be provided only radios. In facilities that cannot
access radio stations inside the dorm, the youth will be provided with
tape players and tapes.
(E) CD's and CD players will not be allowed.(12) Youth may not possess any item that is not expressly
allowed in TYC policy.
This agency hereby certifies that the proposal has been reviewed
by legal counsel and found to be within the agency's legal author-
ity to adopt.
Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on October 17,
2005.
TRD-200504634
Dwight Harris
Executive Director
Texas Youth Commission
Earliest possible date of adoption: November 27, 2005
For further information, please call: (512) 424-6301
TITLE 40. SOCIAL SERVICES AND ASSIS-
TANCE
PART 20. TEXAS WORKFORCE
COMMISSION
CHAPTER 800. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
40 TAC 800.8
The Texas Workforce Commission (Commission) proposes the
following new section to Chapter 800 relating to General Admin-
istration:
Subchapter A, General Provisions, 800.8
PURPOSE, BACKGROUND, AND AUTHORITY
EXPLANATION OF INDIVIDUAL PROVISIONS
IMPACT STATEMENTS
PURPOSE, BACKGROUND, AND AUTHORITY
The Commission proposes a new rule relating to suspension of
rules. The purpose of the rule is to allow the Commission to
suspend rules in order to ensure timely and appropriate admin-
istration of the Commission's employment and training and un-
employment insurance services.
In August and September 2005, two extraordinary natural disas-
ters, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, unexpectedly impacted Texas
residents, property, and resources. Both were declared major
disasters by President Bush. On September 20, 2005, the Gov-
ernor of Texas certified that Hurricane Rita posed a threat of im-
mediate disaster along the Texas Gulf Coast and authorized im-
plementation of all necessary and appropriate public measures
to respond to the threat. The disasters resulted in thousands of
individuals evacuating from Louisiana to Texas, the flooding of
thirteen eastern Texas counties, the complete destruction of the
infrastructure of several communities, and have prevented many
affected persons from receiving Agency services and left tens of
thousands in need of Agency services.
The Commission believes that the imminent peril to the public
health, safety, and welfare posed by the two hurricanes requires
that the Commission have the flexibility to suspend specific rules
that are unmistakably inapplicable or unenforceable for compli-
ance in an urgent public emergency. The new rule allows thePROPOSED RULES October 28, 2005 30 TexReg 7031
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