Texas Administrative Code

(a) The Enforcement Committee may temporarily suspend a license if the committee reasonably believes a licensee is a continuing or imminent threat to the public. (b) The Board delegates authority to the executive director to sign temporary suspension orders on behalf of the Enfor…

(a) A representative of record is one who has appeared in a proceeding or whose name is subscribed to any application, petition, or other pleading or to some agreement of the parties filed in the proceedings. The representative shall be the representative of record until the end …

(a) Application Requirements. In order to be deemed complete, an application for a Statement of Ownership must include, as applicable: (1) A completed and fully executed Application for Statement of Ownership on the Department's prescribed current form; (2) The required fee; (3) …

(a) Issuance of a Texas Seal requires the submittal of an application for Statement of Ownership, the applicable fee and the fee for each Texas Seal issued. (b) A Texas Seal can only be issued to a home meeting the definition of a HUD Code manufactured home or a mobile home.

(a) Manually filed tax liens shall be filed with the Department using the form set forth on the Department's website. No other form will be accepted for the manual filing of tax liens. The form must be properly completed. (b) Electronically filed tax liens and tax lien releases s…

In order to comply with §1201.220 of the Standards Act, which requires the Department to provide a monthly report to each tax assessor-collector and county appraisal district in Texas, the Department will provide the required information by hardcopy or electronically, when possib…

(a) A federal government agency that purchases a manufactured home to provide temporary housing in response to a natural disaster or other declared emergency may apply for a statement of ownership using the Statement of Ownership Application for Federal Governmental Agency. (b) T…

The following words and terms shall have the meanings assigned to them unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (1) Chairman means the presiding officer elected by the Commission in accordance with Texas Government Code §448.008. (2) Commission means the Texas Emancipation …

(a) "Required information" in §13.072(e) shall mean the subsequent submission of a fully completed voter registration application. (b) In order to proceed with the review of the application, the voter registrar must receive the required information not later than 10 days after no…

The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. (1) Accelerated life benefit--A term life insurance benefit to be paid in advance of the death of an insured member or dependent, as reques…

(a) Proposals for decision (PFD), final Board orders, and motions for rehearing are governed by Texas Government Code Chapter 2001. (b) The Board shall render the final decision in all cases. (c) The Board's final order shall be written. (d) A party may submit to the Board a prop…

(a) The phrase "(t)he voter's name in the form indicated by the voter" in Texas Election Code §15.001 shall not be read to include a former name provided by the voter on the voter registration application. (b) The voter's name as it appears on the voter registration certificate s…

(a) Definitions. The following words and terms, when used in this section, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. (1) SOS--Office of the Secretary of State. (2) Primary--An election held by a political party under Chapter 172 of the Tex…

(a) Pursuant to §173.031 and §173.032 of the Texas Election Code, a primary fund is created for each executive committee of a political party holding a primary election. The primary fund consists of: (1) all filing fees accompanying an application for a place on the ballot filed …

(a) The county chair shall establish and maintain a bank account for the sole purpose of depositing and expending primary funds; any interest earned in such an account becomes part of the primary fund. (b) Payments issued by the Comptroller of Public Accounts will be payable to t…

(a) Except as provided by this section, the county chair, or an authorized agent of the county chair, shall sign all checks drafted on the primary-fund account. (b) The county chair must authorize all primary-fund expenditures. (c) The county chair or an authorized agent shall no…

(a) Except as provided by this section, an individual, who is authorized to draft primary-fund checks, shall make checks payable to an entity or a person. An individual, who is authorized to draft primary-fund checks, may draft a check payable to "cash" or "bearer" only to establ…

(a) The county chair, or an authorized agent of the county chair, shall: (1) deposit all filing fees, contributions, and miscellaneous receipts into the primary fund; and (2) maintain an itemized list detailing the source of all funds deposited into the primary fund including, bu…

(a) The county chair shall preserve all records relating to primary-election expenses until the later of: (1) 22 months following the primary elections; or (2) the conclusion of any relevant litigation or official investigation. (b) In order to receive approval of a final cost re…

(a) The chair shall transfer in an orderly manner to his or her successor or the appropriate county committee all primary-election records, including financial records listed under §81.107 of this chapter (relating to Primary-Fund Records), required by law to be maintained or wit…

(a) Pursuant to §173.001 of the Texas Election Code, only expenses necessary for and directly related to the conduct of primary elections are payable from primary funds. (b) Political expenses and expenses for any activity forbidden by statute or rule are not payable from the pri…

(a) A participant's coverage will end on the earliest of: (1) the last day of the month in which insurance required contributions for a participant's coverage are paid in full; (2) the last day of the month in which a participant becomes ineligible for coverage; (3) the last day …

The following words and terms, when used herein, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. (1) Agency--The Office of the Secretary of State. (2) Chapter 19--Texas Election Code Annotated, Chapter 19 (Vernon 2003 and Supplement 2004-2005). …

(a) An individual with responsibilities that include the receipt or expenditure of primary funds may purchase a fidelity bond with money from the primary fund. (b) An individual purchasing a bond under this section shall base the amount of the bond on the anticipated total amount…

A county chair may acquire a start-up loan to defray the cost of the primary elections, prior to receiving reimbursement from the state. A county chair may not use primary funds, which are subsequently approved by the SOS, to pay interest on loans used to defray operating expense…

(a) Submission of information. (1) Submission of filed application. Pursuant to §§172.029, 172.117, and 172.122 of the Texas Election Code, for each general primary election, all state and county chairs shall electronically submit information about each candidate who files with t…

The SOS shall refer any misuse or misappropriation of primary funds to the appropriate prosecuting authority for the enforcement of all civil and/or criminal penalties. Prosecuting authority includes but is not limited to Office of the Attorney General. Misuse of funds includes n…

(a) No disbursements may be made from the primary fund to the county chair personally, or to an entity or business in which the party, the county chair, the county chair's spouse, or the county chair's family has a financial interest, except for payments for: (1) election day wor…

(a) This section does not apply to expenditures of $2,000 or less. (Note: A large purchase may not be divided into small lot purchases to circumvent the dollar limits established by this section. For example, expenditures for computer equipment to a single vendor that total more …

(a) The county chair shall use the formula set out in the following figure, with necessary modifications as determined by the chair, to determine the estimated voter turnout for each precinct for the primary elections. This formula is a guideline and must be adjusted if the local…

The county chair shall use the formula set out in the following figure to determine the number of election workers allowable for each polling place. Attached Graphic

The presiding judge may hire individuals to work in shifts. The county chair may assign clerks to work in shifts that end before the examination or counting of the ballots begins.

(a) Pursuant to §173.004 of the Texas Election Code, a county chair may receive compensation for administering primary elections. (b) The SOS shall not authorize payment under this section until the county party's final cost report has been received, including the necessary suppo…

(a) Chapter 19 provides, in pertinent part, as follows: (1) The Commissioners Court may not consider the availability of state funds under this chapter in adopting the county budget for the office of voter registrar (§19.006); (2) State funds disbursed under this chapter may be u…

(a) Description. The HealthSelectShoppERS program is designed to provide an incentive for eligible health benefit plan participants to select certain network facilities for specified elective, non-emergency medical services and procedures. The incentive will be limited to an amou…

(a) Except as provided by subsection (b) of this section, the compensation paid to polling-place judges, clerks, early-voting-ballot board members, or persons working at the central counting station for the general-primary and primary-runoff elections shall be equal to the hourly…

(a) Training materials may be ordered free of charge from the SOS. (b) The county chair may not be reimbursed for materials published and provided by the SOS. (c) Costs associated with attending an election school are not an allowable cost subject to primary reimbursement.

(a) The county chair shall follow all applicable federal and state laws with respect to payroll taxes, including election day judges and clerks. (b) The county chair may not use primary funds to pay penalties or interest resulting from a failure to file required tax returns or fr…

(a) "Administrative Personnel" means a non-election-day worker. (b) The employment of administrative personnel is not required for the conduct of the primary elections. (c) Pursuant to §81.114 of this chapter (relating to Conflicts of Interest), no member of the county chair's fa…

(a) The county chair shall determine the minimum number of ballots to be furnished to each polling place based on the estimated voter turnout formula established pursuant to §81.116 of this chapter (relating to Estimating Voter Turnout). The county chair shall not distribute to a…

(a) The county chair shall use the table set out in the following figure to determine the number of precinct ballot counters and DRE units allowable for each precinct. Attached Graphic (b) If a county chair determines that the number of precinct ballot counters and/or DRE units a…

(a) Except as provided by this section, the SOS shall reimburse from the state primary fund, the actual travel expenses for the county chair or the county chair's designee who will be responsible for the primary finance bookkeeping to attend the SOS Election Law Seminar for Count…

(a) Rental of office equipment is not required in order to conduct primary elections. (b) The county chair may lease office equipment necessary for the administration of the primary elections for a period beginning November 1 immediately preceding the primary election and ending …

(a) The SOS shall reimburse necessary telephone and postage costs incurred with respect to the administration of the primary elections beginning no earlier than November 1 immediately preceding the primary election and ending no later than the last day of the month in which the p…

(a) The rental of office space is not required for the conduct of the primary elections. (b) The SOS shall reimburse necessary office space rental expenses incurred with respect to the administration of the primary elections for a period beginning no earlier than November immedia…

(a) Chapter 19 funds expenditures must comply with the criteria of "reasonable and necessary" as established by Texas Grant Management Standards (TxGMS) and may only be used for the following activities: (1) Increase the number of registered voters in the state. (2) Maintain and …

(a) Section 123.033 of the Texas Election Code provides for the rental rate that a county may charge for the use of its equipment. (The rental rates are $5 for each unit of tabulating equipment and $5 for each unit of electronic voting system equipment installed at a polling loca…