Texas Administrative Code

(a) An application for certification must be made on a form provided by the executive director. The application must be submitted to the executive director with any documents and records required in the application or requested by the executive director and the fee provided in § …

(a) The executive director shall identify and make available to the public the fields of certification offered under this chapter. A list of fields of certification shall be made available on the commission's website and upon request from the Compliance Support Division and Agenc…

Certification of an environmental testing laboratory that analyzes samples for compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act shall be based on a laboratory's conformance to standards contained in the Manual for the Certification of Laboratories Analyzing Drinking Water, Fourth Edit…

(a) An environmental testing laboratory must be accredited according to this chapter, except as provided in § 25.6 of this title (relating to Conditions Under Which the Commission May Accept Analytical Data), if the laboratory provides analytical data which is used for a commissi…

(a) The executive director shall establish a technical advisory committee to assist in interpreting National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Conference standards and to advise the executive director and the commission on technical matters relating to the accreditation prog…

(a) After notice and opportunity for hearing according to Chapter 80 of this title (relating to Contested Case Hearings), the commission may suspend an environmental testing laboratory's accreditation, in whole or in part, for up to six months. Reasons to suspend an environmental…

(a) Denial of Accreditation Application. The executive director may deny an initial or renewal application for environmental testing laboratory accreditation, in whole or in part, for insufficiency or for cause. The executive director shall notify the laboratory of the intent to …

(a) The executive director shall establish accreditation fees that cover program costs, including costs associated with application review; initial, routine, and follow-up inspections; and preparation of reports. (b) The operator of an environmental testing laboratory seeking pri…

The operator of an environmental testing laboratory may surrender the laboratory's accreditation, in whole or in part, by notifying the executive director in writing at any time. Notes 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 25.26 The provisions of this §25.26 adopted to be effective September 12,…

By applying for or accepting accreditation, the operator of the laboratory certifies the information contained in the application is true and correct and agrees to: (1) provide reasonable access to the executive director to facilities, personnel, documents, records, data, analyse…

(a) The executive director shall grant or renew the secondary accreditation of an environmental testing laboratory located in another state and accredited by another National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program accreditation body within 30 days after receiving a comple…

Persons who have been required by law to be members of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) or who have service or compensation on which contributions were required but who have not made the required deposits shall start making deposits immediately for current service and…

(a) Persons who serve as substitutes in positions otherwise eligible for membership may qualify for membership provided that they serve for at least 90 days in one school year and purchase the service credit. (b) For purposes of this title, a substitute is a person who serves on …

(a) A public junior college or public junior college district required to make contributions under § 825.4071 , Government Code, shall submit the contributions and reports related to the contributions in a form required by TRS along with the regular payroll report required monthl…

(a) An employer required to make contributions under § 825.4035 , Government Code, shall submit the contributions and reports related to the contributions in a form required by TRS along with the regular payroll report required monthly by TRS. Upon request by TRS, an employer or …

(a) The employer of a new member as defined by § 825.4041 , Government Code, shall pay the retirement system the required amount during the first 90 days of employment of the new member. When used in this section, "employer" has the meaning given it in § 821.001(7) , Government C…

An employee subject to the 90-day waiting period in effect from September 1, 2003, through August 31, 2005, may be eligible to receive a year of TRS service credit if the employee was employed in a TRS-covered position and participated as a contributing member of TRS for the amou…

Contributions and other additions with respect to a participant, including payments for the purchase of TRS service credit, may not exceed the limitations of 26 United States Code § 415 . Payments for the purchase of TRS service credit may be limited under §415 to a percentage of…

(a) For members who on or before August 31, 2005 had attained the age of 50, had at least 25 years of service credit, or whose combined age and service credit equals 70 or greater, the amount of compensation credited by TRS in each of the last three school years prior to retireme…

(a) When a member is purchasing TRS compensation credit for which the law requires that the actuarial cost or actuarial present value be deposited and for which the method in this section is referenced by another section of this title, TRS will calculate the cost using the cost f…

(a) When a member is purchasing TRS service credit for which the law requires that the actuarial cost or actuarial present value be deposited and for which the method in this section is referenced by another section of this title, TRS will calculate the cost using the cost factor…

All calculations of fees for service or compensation credit required by law shall be made by applying the annual percentage rate for each whole year from the ending date of the school year containing the date from which the fee is to be calculated to the beginning date of the sch…

(a) For members who on or before August 31, 2005 had attained the age of 50, had at least 25 years of service credit, or whose combined age and service credit equaled 70 or greater, TRS excludes from creditable compensation any amount of otherwise eligible compensation that repre…

Except as provided in laws and rules regarding retirement with reduction for early-age, persons who perform services in a public school as employees of third parties which are not employers under § 821.001 of the Government Code and independent contractors who perform services in…

(a) Except as provided under §31.2 of Chapter 31, Subchapter A, Part 3 of this Title, payroll reports and all member and employer deposits for a report month are due before the seventh day after the last day of the month. If the sixth day of the month falls on a weekend or federa…

The following occurrences shall be treated as nonpayment of installment payments that are due: (1) a check returned for any reason; (2) any bank draft which is not honored; (3) payroll deductions not received by the retirement system; or (4) a payment made by payroll deduction fo…

(a) The Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) may refund installment payments already made, but not credited towards service, if: (1) an installment payment is not made in full within 60 days after the due date; (2) two or more consecutive monthly payments have been made throu…

(a) The 9.0% per annum fee required by the Government Code, § 825.410(g) , is not refundable to either a member or beneficiary for any reason. (b) Installment payments that have already established service credit are not refundable to a member or beneficiary unless a refund of to…

The Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) may accept installment payments by automatic bank draft authorized by a member in writing on a form prescribed by TRS. Notes 34 Tex. Admin. Code § 25.186 The provisions of this §25.186 adopted to be effective September 1, 1992, 17 TexR…

A beneficiary who elects to complete installment payments under the Government Code, § 825.410(d)(2) , may complete payment only for the same type of service credit for which the member had made at least one payment prior to the member's death. If the member had elected to make i…

For purposes of a statute or rule which provides that a fee is to be charged from the date of eligibility until the date payment for the credit is received or until date of redeposit, payment may be considered received or redeposited when a member makes the first installment paym…

(a) Payment for service credit other than service credit for accumulated state personal or sick leave must be received not later than two calendar months after the later of the member's effective retirement date or the last day of the month in which the member submits a retiremen…

(a) In addition to funds required to be accepted under Government Code § 823.005 , the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) may accept the funds described in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, subject to the restrictions of this section. (b) If permitted under and subje…

(a) Eligibility Criteria. An employee shall be eligible to make a once-per-lifetime irrevocable election of ORP in lieu of the applicable retirement system if all of the following criteria are met: (1) ORP-eligible Position: Employment in an ORP-eligible position as defined in su…

The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) Active Participation--Period of employment during which an ORP participant makes regular ORP contributions through payroll deduction…

(a) Vesting Requirement. An ORP participant at a Texas public institution of higher education shall be considered vested in ORP on the first day of the second year of active participation, as defined in § 25.3 of this title (relating to Definitions), in ORP in lieu of TRS at one …

(a) Contributions. (1) Tax-Deferred. All ORP contributions shall be made on a tax-deferred basis. (2) IRS Limits on Defined Contributions. Contributions to a participant's ORP account shall not exceed the maximum amount allowed under § 415(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,…

The authority for these provisions is provided by Texas Government Code, Chapter 830. Notes 19 Tex. Admin. Code § 25.2 The provisions of this §25.2 adopted to be effective May 23, 2004, 29 TexReg 5079

The purpose of these rules is to administer the Optional Retirement Program, to establish eligibility for the Optional Retirement Program and to provide for greater uniformity of procedures for administration of the Optional Retirement Program by Texas public institutions of high…

(a) Acceptable reasons to refuse electric service. A retail electric provider (REP) may refuse to provide electric service to an applicant or customer for one or more of the reasons specified in this subsection: (1) Customer's or applicant's inadequate facilities. The customer's …

(a) Credit requirements for residential customers. A retail electric provider (REP) may require a residential customer or applicant to establish and maintain satisfactory credit as a condition of providing service pursuant to the requirements of this section. (1) Establishment of…

(a) Application. This section applies to a retail electric provider (REP) that is responsible for issuing electric service bills to retail customers, unless the REP is issuing a consolidated bill (both energy services and transmission and distribution services) on behalf of an el…

(a) Application. This section applies to a retail electric provider (REP) that is responsible for issuing electric service bills to retail customers, unless the REP is issuing a consolidated bill (both energy services and transmission and distribution services) on behalf of an el…

(a) Authorization of charges. Any services offered by the retail electric provider (REP) that will be billed on the customer's electric bill shall be authorized by the customer consistent with this section. (b) Requirements for billing charges. A REP shall meet all of the followi…

(a) Application. This section applies to billing by an aggregator or a retail electric provider (REP) to a "governmental entity" as defined in Texas Government Code, Chapter 2251, the Prompt Payment Act (PPA). This section controls over other sections of this chapter to the exten…

(a) Disconnection and reconnection policy. Only a transmission and distribution utility (TDU), municipally owned utility, or electric cooperative may perform physical disconnections and reconnections. Unless otherwise stated, it is the responsibility of a retail electric provider…

(a) Purpose. This section implements the Public Utility Regulatory Act (PURA) §39.1025, relating to Limitations on Telephone Solicitation, and the Texas Business & Commerce Code Annotated (Bus. & Comm. Code) §44.103 relating to rules, customer information, and isolated violations…