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GOVERNOR ENFORCEMENT Appointments.................................................................................3587 22 TAC §367.2...............................................................................3609 Proclamation 41-3821....................................................................3587 TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE ATTORNEY GENERAL LICENSING AND REGULATION OF INSURANCE Requests for Opinions....................................................................3589 PROFESSIONALS 28 TAC §§19.1006, 19.1010, 19.1011, 19.1029............................3610 TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF TEXAS Advisory Opinion Requests/Questions..........................................3591 BOARD OF TRUSTEES EMERGENCY RULES 34 TAC §63.4.................................................................................3615 HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION TRANSFERRED RULES NURSING FACILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSURE AND MEDICAID CERTIFICATION Department of Aging and Disability Services 26 TAC §554.2802.........................................................................3593 Rule Transfer..................................................................................3617 26 TAC §554.2803.........................................................................3596 Health and Human Services Commission LICENSING STANDARDS FOR HOME AND Rule Transfer..................................................................................3617 COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES AGENCIES Department of Aging and Disability Services 26 TAC §558.961...........................................................................3599 Rule Transfer..................................................................................3619 PROPOSED RULES Health and Human Services Commission TEXAS BOARD OF NURSING Rule Transfer..................................................................................3619 ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSES RULE REVIEW 22 TAC §221.14.............................................................................3601 Proposed Rule Reviews TEXAS STATE BOARD OF PLUMBING EXAMINERS Texas Board of Nursing .................................................................3621 LICENSING AND REGISTRATION Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities ..............................3621 22 TAC §365.6...............................................................................3602 IN ADDITION WITHDRAWN RULES Office of the Attorney General HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION Texas Water Code and Texas Health and Safety Code Settlement No- NURSING FACILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR tice..................................................................................................3623 LICENSURE AND MEDICAID CERTIFICATION Comptroller of Public Accounts 26 TAC §554.2802.........................................................................3605 Certification of the Average Closing Price of Gas and Oil - April 26 TAC §554.2803.........................................................................3605 2021................................................................................................3623 Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner ADOPTED RULES Notice of Rate Ceilings..................................................................3624 TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATION Court of Criminal Appeals PROCEDURAL RULES OF THE COMMISSION AND Order Amending Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure..................3624 THE DEPARTMENT Texas Commission on Environmental Quality 16 TAC §60.42...............................................................................3607 Agreed Orders................................................................................3624 TEXAS STATE BOARD OF PLUMBING EXAMINERS Notice of a Proposed Renewal with Amendment of General Permit EXAMINATION AND REGISTRATION TXG110000 Authorizing the Discharge of Wastewater ................3627 22 TAC §363.2...............................................................................3608 Notice of a Proposed Renewal with Amendment of General Permit TXG870000 Authorizing the Discharge of Pesticides...................3628 22 TAC §363.4...............................................................................3608 Notice of Application and Public Hearing for an Air Quality Standard 22 TAC §363.8...............................................................................3609 Permit for a Concrete Batch Plant with Enhanced Controls: Proposed Air Quality Registration Number 164504......................................3628 TABLE OF CONTENTS 46 TexReg 3585 Notice of Application and Public Hearing for an Air Quality Standard Licensing Actions for Radioactive Materials ................................3636 Permit for a Concrete Batch Plant with Enhanced Controls: Proposed Air Quality Registration Number 164700......................................3629 Texas Department of Insurance Notice of District Petition ..............................................................3630 Company Licensing .......................................................................3640 Notice of Hearing on Tycon Ready Mix, LLC: SOAH Docket No. 582- Texas Lottery Commission 21-1741; TCEQ Docket No. 2020-1426-AIR; Proposed Registration Scratch Ticket Game Number 2314 "CRAZY CASH" .................3640 No. 159582 ....................................................................................3630 Public Utility Commission of Texas Notice of Opportunity to Comment on Agreed Orders of Administra- tive Enforcement Actions ..............................................................3631 Notice of Application to Relinquish Designation as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier and Amend a Designation as an Eligible Notice of Opportunity to Comment on Default Orders of Administra- Telecommunications Carrier..........................................................3647 tive Enforcement Actions ..............................................................3632 Regional Water Planning Group - Area B Notice of Public Hearing on Assessment of Administrative Penalties and Requiring Certain Actions of Kurt Wolf: SOAH Docket No. 582- Public Notice Regional Water Planning Group - Area B Solicitation of 21-2062; TCEQ Docket No. 2019-1598-PST-E............................3633 Nominations...................................................................................3648 Notice of Water Rights Application...............................................3634 Supreme Court of Texas Texas Ethics Commission Final Approval and Adoption of Amendments to the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct and the Texas Rules of Disciplinary Pro- List of Late Filers...........................................................................3634 cedure.............................................................................................3648 General Land Office Order Adopting Comment to Texas Code of Judicial Conduct Canon 3 Notice and Opportunity to Comment on Requests for Consistency .......................................................................................................3648 Agreement/Concurrence Under the Texas Coastal Management Pro- Order Amending Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure (Joint Order, gram ...............................................................................................3635 Court of Criminal Appeals Misc. Docket No. 21-001).................3651 Department of State Health Services TABLE OF CONTENTS 46 TexReg 3586 .
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