Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Title 19, Part 1
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (Coordinating Board) proposes the review of Texas Administrative Code (TAC), Title 19, Part 1, Chapter 22, Subchapter B, Provisions for the Tuition Equalization Grant Program, pursuant to Texas Government Code §2001.039.
This review is conducted as required by law, which states that state agencies must assess whether the initial reasons for adopting a rule continue to exist every four years. As required by statute, the Coordinating Board will accept comments as to whether TAC, Chapter 22, Subchapter B, should continue.
Comments on the review may be submitted to Dr. Charles W. Contéro-Puls, Assistant Commissioner for Student Financial Aid Programs, P.O. Box 12788, Austin, Texas 78711-2788, or via email at SFAPPolicy@highered.texas.gov. Comments will be accepted for 30 days following publication of this notice in the Texas Register.
The text of the rule section being reviewed will not be published, but may be found in TAC, Title 19, Part 1, Chapter 22, Subchapter B.
TRD-202500215
Nichole Bunker-Henderson
General Counsel
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Filed: January 23, 2025
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (Coordinating Board) proposes the review of Texas Administrative Code (TAC), Title 19, Part 1, Chapter 22, Subchapter L, Toward Excellence, Access, and Success (Texas) Grant Program, pursuant to Texas Government Code §2001.039.
This review is conducted as required by law, which states that state agencies must assess whether the initial reasons for adopting a rule continue to exist every four years. As required by statute, the Coordinating Board will accept comments as to whether TAC, Chapter 22, Subchapter L, should continue.
Comments on the review may be submitted to Dr. Charles W. Contéro-Puls, Assistant Commissioner for Student Financial Aid Programs, P.O. Box 12788, Austin, Texas 78711-2788, or via email at SFAPPolicy@highered.texas.gov. Comments will be accepted for 30 days following publication of this notice in the Texas Register.
The text of the rule section being reviewed will not be published, but may be found in TAC, Title 19, Part 1, Chapter 22, Subchapter L.
TRD-202500217
Nichole Bunker-Henderson
General Counsel
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Filed: January 23, 2025
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (Coordinating Board) proposes the review of Texas Administrative Code (TAC), Title 19, Part 1, Chapter 22, Subchapter M, Texas Educational Opportunity Grant Program, pursuant to Texas Government Code §2001.039.
This review is conducted as required by law, which states that state agencies must assess whether the initial reasons for adopting a rule continue to exist every four years. As required by statute, the Coordinating Board will accept comments as to whether TAC, Chapter 22, Subchapter M, should continue.
Comments on the review may be submitted to Dr. Charles W. Contéro-Puls, Assistant Commissioner for Student Financial Aid Programs, P.O. Box 12788, Austin, Texas 78711-2788, or via email at SFAPPolicy@highered.texas.gov. Comments will be accepted for 30 days following publication of this notice in the Texas Register.
The text of the rule section being reviewed will not be published, but may be found in TAC, Title 19, Part 1, Chapter 22, Subchapter M.
TRD-202500219
Nichole Bunker-Henderson
General Counsel
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Filed: January 23, 2025
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Title 19, Part 1
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (Coordinating Board) adopts the review of Title 19, Part 1, Chapter 22, Subchapter F, Matching Scholarships to Retain Students in Texas, §22.112 without changes, and §§22.113, 22.114, and 22.115 with changes as published concurrently with this notice.
The proposed notice of review was published in the October 11, 2024, issue of the Texas Register (49 TexReg 8407). No comments were received regarding the review of this chapter. During its review, the Coordinating Board determined that the initial reasons for adopting these sections continue to exist. Section 22.112 is adopted, and §§22.113, 22.114, and 22.115 are readopted with amendments in accordance with the requirements of the Texas Government Code, §2001.039.
This concludes the Coordinating Board's review of Chapter 22, Subchapter F, as required by the Texas Government Code, §2001.039.
TRD-202500273
Nichole Bunker-Henderson
General Counsel
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Filed: January 24, 2025
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (Coordinating Board) adopts the review of Title 19, Part 1, Chapter 22, Subchapter I, Texas Armed Services Scholarship Program, §§22.171 - 22.174 without changes, and §§22.163 - 22.168 and 22.170 with changes as published concurrently with this notice.
The proposed notice of review was published in the October 11, 2024, issue of the Texas Register (49 TexReg 8407). No comments were received regarding the review of this chapter. During its review, the Coordinating Board determined that the initial reasons for adopting these sections continue to exist. Sections 22.171- 22.174 are adopted, and §§22.163- 22.168 and 22.170 are readopted with amendments in accordance with the requirements of the Texas Government Code, §2001.039.
This concludes the Coordinating Board's review of Chapter 22, Subchapter I, as required by the Texas Government Code, §2001.039.
TRD-202500276
Nichole Bunker-Henderson
General Counsel
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Filed: January 24, 2025
Title 25, Part 1
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC), on behalf of the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS), adopts the review of the chapter below in Title 25, Part 1, of the Texas Administrative Code (TAC):
Chapter 85, Local Public Health
Notice of the review of this chapter was published in the October 25, 2024, issue of the Texas Register (49 TexReg 8593). HHSC and DSHS received no comments concerning this chapter.
HHSC and DSHS have reviewed Chapter 85 in accordance with Texas Government Code §2001.039, which requires state agencies to assess, every four years, whether the initial reasons for adopting a rule continue to exist.
The agencies determined that the original reasons for adopting all rules in the chapter continue to exist and readopts Chapter 85. Any amendments, if applicable, to Chapter 85 identified by HHSC and DSHS in the rule review will be proposed in a future issue of the Texas Register.
This concludes HHSC's and DSHS' review of 25 TAC Chapter 85 as required by Texas Government Code §2001.039.
TRD-202500277
Jessica Miller
Director, Rules Coordination Office
Department of State Health Services
Filed: January 24, 2025
Title 34, Part 6
The Texas Municipal Retirement System (TMRS) adopts the review of Texas Administrative Code (TAC) Title 34, Part 6, Chapter 121, Practice and Procedure Regarding Claims (Chapter 121), pursuant to Texas Government Code, §2001.039.
Notice of the review of Chapter 121 was published in the October 18, 2024, issue of the Texas Register (49 TexReg 8477). TMRS received no comments concerning the review of this chapter.
TMRS has reviewed Chapter 121 in accordance with Texas Government Code §2001.039, which requires agencies to assess, every four years, whether the initial reasons for adopting a rule continue to exist. TMRS' Board of Trustees determined that the original reasons for adopting all rules in Chapter 121 continue to exist and readopts Chapter 121.
This concludes the review of 34 TAC, Part 6, Chapter 121.
TRD-202500281
Christine Sweeney
Chief Legal Officer
Texas Municipal Retirement System
Filed: January 27, 2025
Title 43, Part 3
The Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority (authority) files this notice of readoption of Title 43 Texas Administrative Code (TAC), Part 3, Chapter 57, subject to the amendments in Chapter 57 that are also published in this issue of the Texas Register. The review was conducted pursuant to Government Code, §2001.039.
Notice of the department's intention to review was published in the November 8, 2024, issue of the Texas Register (49 TexReg 9031). The department did not receive any comments on the rule reviews.
As a result of the review, the department readopts Chapter 57 in accordance with the requirements of Government Code, §2001.039, with amendments in Chapter 57 resulting from the rule review also published in this issue of the Texas Register. The department has determined that the reasons for initially adopting the readopted rules continue to exist.
This concludes the review of Chapter 57.
TRD-202500231
David Richards
General Counsel
Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority
Filed: January 24, 2025