Texas Administrative Code

Members who claim unreported service or compensation after the school year in which it was received and for whom the employer has not requested a waiver as provided in § 25.28 (g) of this title (relating to Payroll Report Dates), must verify the claim on a form prescribed by the …

(a) Except as provided by § 25.28 (g) of this title (relating to Payroll Report Dates) and subsections (e), (f), and (g) of this section, the cost of establishing unreported service or compensation credit is the actuarial cost, as determined by TRS, of the additional standard ann…

No benefits will be paid until all required deposits have been received or the compensation and deposits have been certified to TRS as due and payable. Notes 34 Tex. Admin. Code § 25.42 The provisions of this §25.42 adopted to be effective January 1, 1976; amended to be effective…

(a) A medical examiner shall submit to the department on a form prescribed by the department a report detailing the death of a person resulting from a traffic accident within the medical examiner's jurisdiction. (b) The medical examiner's report must include: (1) the name of the …

Transportation Code, Chapter 550 provides that the Texas Department of Transportation shall be the official repository for all operator and officer motor vehicle accident reports and all reports of medical examiners and justices of the peace prepared to record a motor vehicle acc…

(a) The department will remove a sign installed under the Memorial Sign Program for Victims of Impaired Driving or its replacement on the second anniversary of the date that the original sign was installed. (b) The department will remove a sign installed under the Memorial Sign P…

The department will furnish a standard grant agreement format to prospective subgrantees whose proposals are selected for funding. This document will include terms and conditions necessary to produce a sound and complete grant agreement. Notes 43 Tex. Admin. Code § 25.909 The pro…

Program funds may not be expended for: (1) the purchase of radios, vehicles, emergency equipment, or any other hardware items, except when the department determines the purchase to be essential to the proper accomplishment of a project meeting the other criteria specified; (2) re…

A grant agreement or contract may be executed to provide funding assistance for projects which meet eligibility requirements for one or more of the following areas: (1) alcohol/drug countermeasures projects which support anti-driving while intoxicated and/or anti-driving under th…

The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. (1) Department--The Texas Department of Transportation. (2) Medical examiner--The medical examiner appointed by a county commissioners c…

A retiree may establish credit under § 25.71 of this title (relating to Service Credit for Eligible Active Duty under the Uniformed Services Employment and Re-Employment Rights Act), if eligible. The requirements of §§ 25.71 - 25.75 of this title (relating to Service Credit for E…

Neither compensation for out-of-state service nor the annual salary rate used to compute the cost of out-of-state service credit is used in computing the average compensation used in the determination of retirement or death benefits or for any other TRS purpose. Notes 34 Tex. Adm…

(a) If all other conditions and requirements are met, credit for service will be given immediately upon payment. (b) Payment may be made for whole years. No smaller payment or payment for part of a year can be accepted except as permitted under the laws and rules authorizing inst…

(a) A law enforcement officer who investigates a motor vehicle crash shall submit a crash record report within 10 days of the accident on a form prescribed by the department if the crash resulted in: (1) injury to or death of a person; (2) $1000 or more of property damage to the …

(a) A driver involved in a motor vehicle crash that is not investigated by law enforcement is required to submit a driver's crash report within 10 days of the date of the crash on a form prescribed by the department if the crash resulted in: (1) injury to or the death of a person…

(a) The department will classify motor vehicle crashes by the standards established in the following manuals available through the department web site at www.txdot.gov: (1) the Manual on Classification of Motor Vehicle and Traffic Accidents as adopted by the American Standards In…

(a) This section applies only to accident reports filed with the department under Transportation Code, § 550.061 or § 550.062 . (b) The department may correct the location of an accident in an accident report if the department determines that, using the department's mapping syste…

A sponsoring organization may include administrative costs associated with distribution of commodities in CACFP costs, except for those administrative costs which have been passed on to the day care home per §25.124 of this division (relating to Distribution Costs). Notes 4 Tex. …

(a) Purpose. The purpose of this section is to establish reporting requirements sufficient for the commission, in cooperation with Energy Systems Laboratory of Texas A&M University (Laboratory), to quantify, by county, the reductions in energy consumption, peak demand and associa…

(a) Application. This section applies to the independent organization certified under PURA §39.151 for the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) region, a transmission and distribution utility (TDU), and a retail electric provider (REP) providing demand response using a r…

(a) Purpose. The purpose of Subchapter I, Division 1 of this chapter (relating to Transmission and Distribution), is to clearly state the terms and conditions that govern transmission access in order to: (1) facilitate competition in the sale of electric energy in Texas; (2) pres…

(a) Tariffs. Each transmission service provider (TSP) shall file a tariff for transmission service to establish its rates and other terms and conditions and shall apply its tariffs and rates on a non-discriminatory basis. The tariff shall apply to all distribution service provide…

(a) Application. The provisions of this section apply to all investor-owned distribution service providers (DSPs) providing distribution service within the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) region to retail electric providers and other customers of the distribution sy…

(a) Applicability. This section applies to the provision of transmission service in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) region by transmission service providers (TSPs) to transmission service customers. This section also applies to ERCOT. (b) Definitions. The follow…

(a) Applicability. This section applies to transmission service provider (TSP), as defined in §25.5 (relating to Definitions), that: (1) is not required by the Public Utility Regulatory Act (PURA) §39.051 to unbundle generation and transmission activities; and (2) has retail sale…

(a) Initiating service. Where a transmission service customer uses the transmission facilities in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), whether its own facilities or those of another transmission service provider (TSP), to serve load or to make sales of energy to a t…

(a) Purpose. The purpose of this section is to prescribe the procedures and criteria under which the commission may require an electric utility or a transmission and distribution utility to construct or enlarge facilities to ensure safe, reliable service and to reduce transmissio…

A reference in a rule section or part of a section of Chapter 22 of this title (relating to Procedural Rules); Chapter 23 of this title (relating to Substantive Rules); Chapter 24 of this title (relating to Policy Statements); Chapter 25 of this title (relating to Substantive Rul…

(a) Procedures. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) shall direct non-discriminatory emergency load shedding and curtailment procedures for responding to emergencies on the transmission system in accordance with ERCOT protocols. (b) Congestion management principles. …

(a) Billing and payment. Within a reasonable time after the first day of each month, transmission service providers (TSPs) shall issue invoices for the prior month's transmission service to distribution service providers (DSPs) and customers responsible for the export of power fr…

(a) Application. This section applies to an electric utility that sells electricity. (b) Definitions. The following terms, when used in this section, have the following meanings unless the context indicates otherwise. (1) Class billing determinants--Kilowatt-hours (kWh) for each …

(a) Application. The provisions of this section apply to an electric utility that operates solely outside of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas in areas of Texas included in the Southwest Power Pool or the Western Electricity Coordinating Council and that owns or operates …

(a) Credit requirements for permanent residential applicants. (1) An electric utility may require a residential applicant for service to establish and maintain satisfactory credit as a condition of providing service. (A) Establishment of credit shall not relieve any customer from…

(a) Pursuant to Chapter 33, Subchapter D. Each party to an appeal proceeding under the Public Utility Regulatory Act (PURA), Chapter 33, Subchapter D must file a statement with the commission disclosing all expenditures made by that party and all contributions made to that party,…

(a) Application. This section applies to all electric utilities. (b) Effective tariff. No utility shall directly or indirectly offer any service, collect any rate or charge, give any compensation or discount to a customer, or impose any classification, practice, or regulation dif…

(a) Purpose. The purpose of this section is to regulate the arrangements between qualifying facilities, retail electric providers with the price to beat obligation (PTB REPs), and electric utilities as required by federal and state law in a manner consistent with the development …

(a) Purpose and application. This section implements Public Utility Regulatory Act (PURA) §36.210. This section applies to electric utilities, including transmission and distribution utilities (TDUs), that provide wholesale or retail distribution service. (b) Definitions. The fol…

(a) Application. This section applies to a transmission and distribution utility (TDU) that provides retail distribution service. (b) Definitions. The following terms, when used in this section, have the following meanings, unless the context indicates otherwise. (1) Demand ratch…

(a) No electric utility or retail electric provider shall discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, marital status, lawful source of income, level of income, disability, or familial status. (b) No electric utility or retail electric provider…

(a) Application. The provisions of this section apply to power generation companies. (b) Share of installed generation capacity. The percentage share of installed generation capacity for a power generation company will be determined by dividing the installed generation capacity o…

(a) Applicability. This section applies to all affiliated retail electric providers (REPs) and transmission and distribution utilities, except river authorities. This section does not apply to an electric utility subject to Public Utility Regulatory Act (PURA) §39.102(c) until th…

(a) Purpose. The purpose of this section is to address the process and the sequence of events for the introduction of retail competition in the portions of Texas served by El Paso Electric Company (EPE). (b) Application. This section shall apply to an electric utility that is sub…

(a) Purpose. The purpose of this section is to address the process and the sequence of events for the introduction of retail competition in the Southwestern Electric Power Company service area in Texas (SWEPCO) and in the Southwest Power Pool portion of the AEP Texas North Compan…

(a) Purpose. This section establishes the requirements for Provider of Last Resort (POLR) service and ensures that it is available to any requesting retail customer and any retail customer who is transferred to another retail electric provider (REP) by the Electric Reliability Co…

(a) Purpose. This section establishes the parameters under which an electric utility shall offer customer choice for 5.0% of the load in its Texas service area beginning on June 1, 2001, through the implementation of retail competition pilot projects. The commission may use these…

An electric utility shall not sell, share, or disclose information generated, provided, or otherwise collected from an advanced metering system or meter information network, including information used to calculate charges for service, historical load data, and any other customer …

(a) Purpose. The purpose of this section is to define the responsibilities of the Low-Income List Administrator (LILA) to establish and maintain a list of eligible low-income customers and to specify the process for a retail electric provider (REP) who voluntarily seeks to obtain…