PART 1. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 2. LICENSING
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
The Texas Department of Agriculture (Department) adopts amendments to Texas Administrative Code, Title 4, Chapter 2 (Licensing), Subchapter A (General Provisions), §2.1 (Application for a License), published in the June 7, 2024, issue of the Texas Register (49 TexReg 3981) without changes. The Department identified the need for the amendments during its rule review conducted pursuant to Texas Government Code §2001.039. The amendments to §2.1 are adopted without changes to the proposed text as published in the June 7, 2024, issue of the Texas Register (49 TexReg 3981) and will not be republished.
The adopted amendments change language to allow the Department to determine what constitutes an incomplete application, change references to Chapter 2 from "these rules" to "this chapter," remove unnecessary language, make grammatical corrections, make editorial changes to language to improve the rule's readability, and update the form of a legal citation to the Texas Government Code, §2005.004.
The Department did not receive any public comments concerning the proposed amendments.
The amendments are adopted under Section 12.016 of the Texas Agriculture Code, which allows the Department to adopt rules as necessary for the administration of its powers and duties under the Texas Agriculture Code.
Chapter 12 of the Texas Agriculture Code is affected by the adoption.
The agency certifies that legal counsel has reviewed the adoption and found it to be a valid exercise of the agency's legal authority.
Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on December 9, 2024.
TRD-202405903
Susan Maldonado
General Counsel
Texas Department of Agriculture
Effective date: December 29, 2024
Proposal publication date: June 7, 2024
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