Texas Administrative Code

(a) Public Hearing. (1) Opportunity for a hearing. The department will annually provide an opportunity for a public hearing on: (A) use of the state highway system for bicycle events; and (B) department policies affecting bicycle use of the state highway system. (2) Notice. An op…

(a) Application evaluation. The responsible division will review each program application for completeness and compliance with project eligibility requirements described in § 25.502 of this subchapter. Applications that do not comply with these requirements or that are not receiv…

(a) Call for applications. The department will call for applications for Safe Routes to School projects by publication in the Texas Register. This notice will contain information on the application, application content, and submission deadlines. The department will also consider …

(a) Types of projects. Projects eligible to receive funding under this program include those involving both infrastructure related and non-infrastructure related activities. (b) Infrastructure projects. Eligible infrastructure based projects include: (1) sidewalk improvements suc…

The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. (1) Commission--The Texas Transportation Commission. (2) Department--The Texas Department of Transportation. (3) District--One of 25 geo…

Section 1404 of Public Law 109-59 created a federal Safe Routes to School Program. This subchapter implements this program. The overall purpose of this program is to enhance safety in and around school areas through a comprehensive program designed to improve the bicycle and pede…

Transportation Code, § 201.902 , requires the department to adopt rules regarding bicycle road use on the state highway system. This subchapter prescribes the policies and procedures governing enhancement of the state highway system for bicycle use. Notes 43 Tex. Admin. Code § 25…

(a) The department may install, maintain, and operate traffic signals on the state highway system in unincorporated areas when requested by anyone and provided that the location or locations meets one or more of the warrants for highway traffic signals contained in the current Te…

A police or emergency vehicle as defined by Transportation Code, § 541.201 , may use any lane of the state highway system regardless of restrictions imposed under this subchapter. Notes 43 Tex. Admin. Code § 25.47 The provisions of this §25.47 adopted to be effective May 20, 2004…

(a) The department is responsible for the installation and maintenance of all official traffic control devices necessary to implement and ensure compliance with lane restrictions designated under this subchapter. (b) If the department enters into a contract with an entity to oper…

(a) The commission by minute order may designate, and the department may finance, design, construct, operate, or maintain an exclusive lane or lanes on a portion of the state highway system. (b) In designating an exclusive lane, the commission must find that such a designation wi…

(a) The department may allow motorcycles and low-emissions vehicles to use HOV lanes without meeting the minimum occupancy requirements of the facility. (b) In determining whether to allow these vehicles to use an HOV lane or lanes without meeting the minimum occupancy requiremen…

(a) Eligibility requirements. The executive director, in cooperation with an HOV authority with which the department contracts under this subchapter, will establish eligibility requirements for vehicles authorized to use HOV lanes on the state highway system, including eligible v…

(a) Civic organization application. A civic organization shall apply to the municipality. (b) Civic organization selection. The municipality will be responsible for selecting the civic organizations and placing the attachment signs. (c) Removal of civic organization attachment si…

(a) City pride, TNRCC, THC, and KTB signs. (1) Design. (A) A city pride sign: (i) shall be fabricated in conformance with department standard plan sheet CPS (CITY PRIDE SIGN); (ii) may contain a message no greater than eight inches in height identifying the municipality; (iii) sh…

(a) General requirements for eligibility. A civic organization's application must be approved by the municipality. To be eligible to have an attachment sign placed on a city pride sign in accordance with § 25.422 of this title (relating to City Pride Sign Program), a civic organi…

The department may install pay telephones in rest areas along highway routes and at other locations when deemed necessary as a public service for motorists. All pay telephones will be installed under an agreement executed between the department and the telephone company setting f…

(a) This section applies only to decreasing the speed limit within an existing speed zone on the state highway system if the crash rate in the section of the roadway is greater than the statewide average crash rate for similar roadways. (b) The speed zone study that is necessary …

(a) Purpose. This section describes the criteria governing the authority to set variable speed limits under Transportation Code, § 545.353(k) . (b) Criteria for variable speed limits. A district engineer may temporarily lower the established prima facie speed limits on a part of …

(a) This section applies only to increasing the speed limit within an existing speed zone from 70 miles per hour to 75 miles per hour, as authorized by the legislature. (b) The speed zone study necessary for increasing the speed limit from 70 to 75 miles per hour may, at the sole…

A day care home sponsor must distribute the bonus commodities based on the number of children the day care home keeps. Notes 4 Tex. Admin. Code § 25.123 The provisions of this §25.123 adopted to be effective January 11, 2011, 36 TexReg 37

TDA provides USDA-donated foods or cash-in-lieu of commodities according to 7 C.F.R. 226.5 , 7 C.F.R. 226.6 , 7 C.F.R. 226.15 , and 7 C.F.R. 226.20 . Notes 4 Tex. Admin. Code § 25.121 The provisions of this §25.121 adopted to be effective January 11, 2011, 36 TexReg 37

All contractors and facilities must be licensed or approved by federal, state, or local authorities to provide child or adult care. Notes 4 Tex. Admin. Code § 25.12 The provisions of this §25.12 adopted to be effective January 11, 2011, 36 TexReg 37

(a) TDA may recoup advance payments from the current or subsequent claims for reimbursement. (b) TDA may demand immediate repayment in full. Notes 4 Tex. Admin. Code § 25.115 The provisions of this §25.115 adopted to be effective January 11, 2011, 36 TexReg 37

(a) Each electric utility purchasing electric energy shall ensure that all instruments and meters are maintained as may be necessary to obtain full information as to purchases, unless this information is metered and furnished by the electric utility supplying the energy. (b) Reco…

(a) Purpose. The purpose of this section is to facilitate customer access to electrical pulse (pulse) as defined in § 25.341 of this title (relating to Definitions) under terms and conditions specified in subsection (c) of this section. (b) Application. This section applies to tr…

(a) Purpose. This section addresses the deployment, operation, and cost recovery for advanced metering systems. (b) Applicability. This section is applicable to all electric utilities, including transmission and distribution utilities. Any requirement applicable to an electric ut…

(a) Purpose. This section allocates responsibilities for obtaining load research information necessary to support the load profiling activities of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), provides for access to that load profile research data by retail electric provider…

For purposes of this subchapter, the following terms have the following meanings unless the context indicates otherwise: (1) Meter tampering or tampering--any unauthorized alteration, manipulation, change, or modification of a meter or metering equipment, the diversion or bypass …

(a) Purpose. This section allows a customer to choose to receive electric service through a non-standard meter from an electric utility that has deployed or is requesting to deploy advanced meters under a commission-approved deployment plan or notice of deployment and authorizes …

(a) Purpose. This section implements Texas Utilities Code § 184.052 . (b) Definitions. The following words and terms, when used in this section, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. (1) Apartment house--One or more buildings containin…

(a) Purpose. This section implements Texas Utilities Code § 184.014 . (b) Definitions. The following words and terms, when used in this section, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. (1) Apartment house--One or more buildings containin…

(a) Applicability. This section applies to a power generation company, municipally owned utility, or electric cooperative that installs new generation capacity in this state after January 1, 2000. The provisions of subsection (g) of this section shall apply to a municipally owned…

(a) Purpose. The purposes of this section are to: (1) Establish a solar renewable portfolio standard pursuant to Section 53 of House Bill 1500, enacted by the 88th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, to be phased out by September 1, 2025; and (2) Direct the independent organizati…

(a) Competitive Renewable Energy Zone Transmission Projects. In considering an application for a certificate of convenience and necessity (CCN) or CCN amendment for the addition of a second 345-kilovolt (kV) circuit on the Alibates-AJ Swope-Windmill-Ogallala-Tule Canyon transmiss…

(a) Purpose. The purpose of this section is to implement Public Utility Regulatory Act (PURA) §39.905 and establish: (1) an energy efficiency cost recovery factor (EECRF) that enables an electric utility to timely recover the reasonable costs of providing a portfolio of cost-effe…

(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) Applicability. This section applies to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). It also applies to transmission service providers (TSPs) and transmission service customers, as defined in § 25.5 of this title (relating to Definitions), with respect to interactions wi…

(a) Purpose. This section provides standards for the governance of an independent organization within the ERCOT region. (b) Application. This section applies to ERCOT or any other organization within the ERCOT region that qualifies as an independent organization under PURA §39.15…

(a) Scope. This section applies to the budget of and all fees and rates levied or charged by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) in its role as an independent organization under PURA §39.151. (1) A fee or rate that was in effect on the effective date of this section…