Texas Administrative Code

(a) Registration. An owner who intends to bill tenants for submetered or allocated utility service or who changes the method used to bill tenants for utility service shall register with the commission in a form prescribed by the commission. (b) Water quantity measurement. Except …

(a) Purpose and scope. The provisions of this subchapter are intended to establish a comprehensive regulatory system to assure that the practices involving submetered and allocated billing of dwelling units and multiple use facilities for water and sewer utility service are just …

(a) Registration. (1) An independent testing laboratory, or a laboratory in an institution of higher education, must be registered with the Department before performing any test related to the Department hemp program. (2) An independent testing laboratory or a laboratory in an in…

(a) If an application to obtain or amend a certificate of convenience and necessity (CCN) is filed, the applicant will prepare the notice prescribed in the commission's application form, which will include the following: (1) all information outlined in the Administrative Procedur…

(a) It is the responsibility of the owner of the utility, the utility's designated representative or authorized agent, the president of the board of directors or designated representative of the water supply or sewer service corporation, affected county as defined in § 24.3 (4) o…

(a) Extension of Service. (1) Except for a utility or water supply or sewer service corporation that possesses a facilities-only certificate of convenience and necessity (CCN), a retail public utility is not required to obtain a CCN for: (A) an extension into territory contiguous…

(a) In determining whether to grant or amend a certificate of convenience and necessity (CCN), the commission will ensure that the applicant possesses the financial, managerial, and technical capability to provide continuous and adequate service. (1) For retail water utility serv…

(a) Unless otherwise specified, a utility or a water supply or sewer service corporation may not in any way provide retail water or sewer utility service directly or indirectly to the public without first having obtained from the commission a certificate of convenience and necess…

In determining standard practice, the commission will be guided by the provisions of the American Water Works Association, and such other codes and standards that are generally accepted by the industry, except as modified by this commission, or municipal regulations within their …

(a) Sufficiency of service. Each retail public utility shall plan, furnish, operate, and maintain collection, treatment, and disposal facilities to collect, treat and dispose of waterborne human waste and waste from domestic activities such as washing, bathing, and food preparati…

(a) Monthly billing of total charges. The owner shall bill the tenant each month for the total charges calculated under § 24.281 of this title (relating to Charges and Calculations). If it is permitted in the rental agreement, an occupant or occupants who are not residing in the …

(a) Rental agreement content. The rental agreement between the owner and tenant shall clearly state in writing: (1) the tenant will be billed by the owner for submetered or allocated utility services, whichever is applicable; (2) which utility services will be included in the bil…

The petitioner shall have the burden of proof in the evidentiary proceedings to determine if the protested rate is adverse to the public interest. The seller of water or sewer service (whether the petitioner or not) shall have the burden of proof in evidentiary proceedings on det…

(a) The commission shall follow the mandates of the TWC, Chapters 12 and 13, to calculate the annual cost of service. The commission shall rely on any reasonable methodologies set by contract which identify costs of providing service and/or allocate such costs in calculating the …

(a) Prohibited charges. Charges billed to tenants for submetered or allocated utility service may only include bills for water or wastewater from the retail public utility and must not include any fees billed to the owner by the retail public utility for any deposit, disconnect, …

Analytical testing for purposes of detecting the concentration levels of delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in the flower material of the cannabis plant shall meet the following standards: (1) laboratory quality assurance must ensure the validity and reliability of test results; …

(a) Laboratories shall use appropriate, validated methods and procedures for all testing activities and evaluate the measurement of uncertainty. (b) At a minimum, analytical testing of samples for delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration levels must use post-decarboxylation or …

(a) The laboratory shall test samples in accordance with the Department "Testing Procedure". (b) The laboratory shall maintain the chain of custody of each sample using a form prescribed by the Department. (c) The laboratory shall retain the sample for a minimum of thirty (30) bu…

(a) The laboratory shall send the test results electronically to the Department and license holder no later than the fourteenth (14th) business day from the sample collection date. (b) The total delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration level shall be determined and reported on …

A person who sells, offers to sell, distributes, or uses hemp seed in Texas shall maintain records for five (5) years indicating: (1) the origin of the hemp seed for five (5) years; (2) the person or entity from whom the person purchased the hemp seed; (3) any documentation indic…

(a) A person may request the certification or approval of a hemp seed for a particular variety by submitting a completed form prescribed by the Department. (b) A person requesting for the certification or approval of hemp seed for a particular variety shall provide the following …

(a) Texas A&M University or a Texas institution of higher education may apply for a license to produce and handle hemp for agricultural or academic research. A license issued to Texas A&M University or a Texas Institution of higher education pursuant to this section is known as a…

(a) The initial application fee shall be at least $100 for each license application. (b) The renewal fee shall be at least $100 for each annual license renewal application. (c) The participation fee shall be at least $100. A participation fee shall be assessed for the following, …

(a) A license holder shall not harvest a cannabis crop prior to samples being collected. (b) The license holder shall harvest the crop not more than 15 days following the date of sample collection by the Department, unless specifically authorized in writing by the Department. (c)…

(a) Rates received during the pendency of a rate proceeding. (1) During the pendency of its rate proceeding, a utility may be required to deposit all or part of the rate increase into an interest-bearing escrow account with a federally insured financial institution, under such te…

(a) A municipality that makes a wholesale sale of water to a special district created under §52, Article III, or §59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and that operates under Title 4 (General Law Districts), or under Chapter 36 (Groundwater Conservation Districts) shall determine…

At least annually, and before any rate increase, a municipality shall notify in writing each water and sewer retail customer of any service or capital expenditure, not water or sewer related, funded in whole or in part by customer revenue. Notes 16 Tex. Admin. Code § 24.379 Adopt…

The commission's rules relating to service and response to requests for service will apply to utilities operating within the corporate limits of a municipality unless the municipality adopts its own rules. These rules include Subchapters F and G of this chapter (relating to Custo…

(a) The governing body of a municipality by ordinance may elect to have the commission exercise exclusive original jurisdiction over the utility rate, operation, and services of utilities, within the incorporated limits of the municipality. The governing body of a municipality th…

(a) For purposes of comparing the rates charged in Texas by providers of water or sewer service for resale, the commission may require each provider of water or sewer service for resale to report the retail and wholesale rates it charges to purchasers. (b) Within 30 days after re…

The commission may enter into memoranda of understanding or agreement with state or federal agencies, political subdivisions of the state, private institutions, and/or individuals for the purpose of establishing RCRI access arrangements. Notes 13 Tex. Admin. Code § 24.21 The prov…

(a) Access committee. The affirmative vote of a simple majority of the committee members is necessary for any action to be taken. No absence in the membership of the access committee shall impair the ability of the committee to exercise all rights and perform all duties. (b) Comm…

The intent of these rules is to restrict access to specific cultural resource data to those individuals that have a legitimate scientific or legal interest in obtaining and using that information. The intent is not to limit the public's use of all information that the commission …

If a registered user of RCRI fails to comply with any of the rules of the commission, or any of the terms of an RCRI Access Agreement, or fails to properly conduct database searches, or fails to act in the best interest of the state, the commission may immediately revoke the user…

The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. (1) Access account--Confidential transaction record verifying an individual's identity and authority to access the restricted information w…

The THSA is a database of cultural resource information administered by the commission. This database is accessible to the public via Internet. The THSA contains information on archeological sites, cemeteries, shipwrecks, historic structures, engineering features, and industrial …

(a) If the commission finds the protested rate adversely affects the public interest and sets rates on a cost of service basis, then the commission shall add the following provisions to its order: (1) If the purchaser files a new petition or appeal, and the commission forwards th…

After May 1, 2020, a person or entity may not sell, possess, hold, or purchase hemp seed in Texas unless that person holds a valid and active license issued by the Department for the production and handling of hemp. A person or entity based out-of-state is not required to be a li…

(a) Any application under chapter 24, except as otherwise noted by this chapter, shall be reviewed for administrative completeness within 30 calendar days from the date the application is file stamped by the commission's Central Records office. If the applicant is required to iss…

(a) Purpose and application. This section establishes alternative ratemaking methodologies for utilities that provide water or sewer service. The commission may prescribe modified rate filing packages for these alternative ratemaking methodologies. (b) Multi-step rates. Multi-ste…

(a) All applications shall be signed by a corporate officer, partner, proprietor, their attorney-at-law, or the principal executive officer or ranking elected official of a governmental entity, or other person having representative capacity to transact business on behalf of the r…

(a) The following words and terms, when used in this section, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. (1) Nonsubmetered master metered utility service--Potable water service that is master metered but not submetered and wastewater service that…

All documents to be considered by the commission under this chapter are subject to Chapter 22 of this title (relating to Procedural Rules). Notes 16 Tex. Admin. Code § 24.5 The provisions of this §24.5 adopted to be effective September 1, 2014, 39 TexReg 5903

(a) Purpose. This section establishes procedures for a Class D utility to apply for an adjustment to its water or wastewater rates as allowed by Texas Water Code (TWC) §13.1872(c)(1). (b) Definitions. In this section, the term application means an application for a rate adjustmen…

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, the commission has the same jurisdiction over a water supply or sewer service corporation that the commission has under this chapter over a water and sewer utility if the commission finds, after notice and opportunity for hearing, that the water…

(a) This section applies only to fees charged by a municipality for water or sewer service to a public school district. (b) A municipally owned utility that provides retail water or sewer utility service to a public school district may not charge the district, in addition to the …

(a) A district created pursuant to Texas Constitution, Article XVI, §59, which district is located within the corporate limits or the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality and which receives water or sewer service or whose residents receive water or sewer service from t…