Texas Administrative Code

(a) Quarantine provisions. (1)Poultry and/or premises shall be placed under quarantine when evidence of infection or possible exposure to any contagious and/or communicable disease not considered to be endemic exists in the State of Texas. A quarantine shall remain in effect unti…

(a) Water spinach Culture. Controlled exotic species facility permits may be issued for culture, transport, and sale of water spinach, in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter and § 57.118 of this title (relating to Special Provisions--Water Spinach). (b) Commercial A…

The following words and terms, when used in these sections, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. (1) Day--A 24-hour period of time that begins at midnight and ends at midnight. (2) Freshwater mussel--Bivalve mollusks of the family Uni…

The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. (1) Aquaculture--The business of producing and selling cultured species raised in private facilities. (2) Aquatic plant--All plants whos…

(a) An offshore aquaculture permit under this subchapter may be issued to an individual, corporation, company, or other entity that meets all requirements of Texas law for transacting business in this state and the requirements of this subchapter applicable to offshore aquacultur…

(a) For all wildlife resources taken for personal consumption and for which there is a possession limit, the possession limit shall not apply after the wildlife resource has reached the possessor's residence and is finally processed. (b) The possession limit does not apply to fis…

(a) In addition to the requirements of § 57.981(c)(5)(G) of this title (relating to Bag, Possession, and Length Limits), one red drum exceeding the maximum length limit may be retained by a person who is by statute or rule exempt from fishing license possession requirements, prov…

(a) The possession limit applies to all aquatic animal life in the possession of or stored by any person, but does not apply to aquatic animal life that has been lawfully obtained and for which a person possesses an invoice or sales ticket showing the name and address of the sell…

(a) General rules. (1) A person who has on board or displays a commercial bait-shrimp boat license must operate only under the bait-shrimp rules of this section. (2) Open waters: commercial bait shrimp boats may shrimp only in bait bays and major bays, except as otherwise provide…

(a) Seasons and Times. (1) The open season extends from November 1 of one year through April 30 of the following year. (2) Legal oystering hours--sunrise to 3:30 p.m. (b) Size Limits and Possession of Undersized Oysters and Shell. (1) Size limit--Legal oysters must be three inche…

(a) No person may engage in cultivated oyster mariculture (COM) in this state unless they have on their person a valid permit issued by the department authorizing the activity. A valid permit may be possessed in physical or electronic format. (b) A Cultivated Oyster Mariculture (…

(a) Applicability. The provisions of this chapter are applicable to all persons subject to the requirements of Texas Water Code (TWC), Chapters 26, 27, and 32 and Texas Health and Safety Code (THSC), Chapters 361, 375, 382, and 401. (1) Specifically, the agency will utilize compl…

(a) The executive director shall have primary responsibility to manage the operations and administration of the department and its programs as provided by Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 51 and other applicable law, including but not limited to: (1) issuing and renewing licenses;…

(a) This section is applicable for: (1) an applicant who holds a current license issued by another jurisdiction that is similar to a license issued by the department; or (2) an applicant who is a military service member, military veteran, or military spouse and who is applying fo…

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The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, have the following meanings. (1) Active duty--Current full-time military service in the armed forces of the United States or active duty military service as a member of the Texas military forces, as defined by § 437.001…

(a) The amount of military experience, service, training or education, which an applicant submits for purposes of meeting the licensing requirements of a specific license, will be determined in accordance with §60.35. (b) An applicant will receive credit for time incurred in trai…

Pursuant to Texas Occupations Code § 55.002, an individual who provides the department with satisfactory documentation that the individual was serving as a service member during a license renewal period may renew that license by paying the renewal fee and is exempt from paying a …

Pursuant to Texas Occupations Code, § 55.003, a service member whose license expired while on active duty is entitled to two years of additional time from the date of discharge to complete: (1) any continuing education requirements; and (2) any other requirement related to the re…

(a) This section implements Texas Occupations Code §§ 51.4013, 55.007, 55.008, 55.009, and 1305.1645(a). (b) This section applies to a military service member and a military veteran as defined under §60.501. (c) An applicant under this section will be eligible to receive credit f…

(a) This section implements Texas Occupations Code §§ 55.004, 55.005, 55.006, and 55.009, as they relate to an applicant who holds a "substantially equivalent" license. (b) This section applies to a military service member, a military veteran, and a military spouse, as defined un…

(a) This section implements Texas Occupations Code §§ 55.004, 55.005, and 55.006, as they relate to an applicant who held the same Texas license within the last five years. (b) This section applies to a military service member, a military veteran, and a military spouse, as define…

(a) This section implements Texas Occupations Code §§ 55.004, 55.005, and 55.006, as they relate to an applicant that demonstrates competency by alternative methods. (b) This section applies to a military service member, a military veteran, and a military spouse, as defined under…

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(a) This section implements Texas Occupations Code § 55.0041 and the license portability provisions of the federal Service members' Civil Relief Act found at 50 U.S.C. § 4025a. (b) This section applies to a military service member or military spouse, as defined under §60.501, and…

(a) This section implements Texas Occupations Code § 55.004(d) as it relates to a non-resident service member or spouse applicant to the department for a license with a residency requirement for license eligibility. (b) This section applies to a service member or military spouse,…

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(a) The campus report card disseminated by the Texas Education Agency (TEA) under the Texas Education Code, § 39.305, shall be termed the "school" report card (SRC). (b) The intent of the SRC is to inform each student's parents or guardians about the school's performance and char…

(a) Each school district and open-enrollment charter school shall report through the Texas Student Data System Public Education Information Management System (TSDS PEIMS) the number of full-time equivalent school counselors, defined as 40 hours of counseling services a week, at e…

(a) Definitions. The following words and terms, when used in this section, shall have the following meanings.(1) Actively monitored--supervised by an adult who can visibly review visitors prior to entrance, who can take immediate action to close and/or lock the door, and whose du…

(a) In accordance with Texas Education Code (TEC), §33.007, a counselor shall provide certain information about higher education to a student and a student's parent or guardian during the first year the student is enrolled in a high school or at the high school level in an open-e…

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(a) Each contestant must have two seconds unless the Department permits otherwise. Each contestant shall have one chief second. (b) The seconds shall dress neatly. (c) Seconds shall keep their corners clean, dry, and free from objects. (d) Seconds may surrender for their contesta…

(a) For the 2023-2024 school year, the processes and procedures that the Texas Education Agency (TEA) will use in the administration of the provisions of the Texas Education Code (TEC), Chapter 49, and the fiscal, procedural, and administrative requirements that school districts …

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The executive director of the Industrial Accident Board shall make a report, based on each quarter year's performance of all the insurance carriers writing workers' compensation insurance in Texas, which report will reflect the promptness of first payment of each such carrier of …

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(a) For all wildlife resources taken for which there is a possession limit, the possession limit shall not apply after the wildlife resource has reached the possessor's permanent residence and is finally processed. (b) Under authority of Parks and Wildlife Code, § 42.0177, the ta…

(a) A person who violates a provision of this division or a condition of a deer breeder's permit, DMP, Triple T permit, TTP permit, herd plan, or custom testing plan commits an offense and is subject to the penalties prescribed by the applicable provisions of the Parks and Wildli…

The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. (1) Aerial Management Permit (AMP)--A permit issued by the department to count, photograph, relocate, capture, hunt or take wildlife or …

(a) A person who holds an AMP is authorized to engage in the management of wildlife and exotic animals by the use of aircraft only on the tract(s) of land specified in the LOA. The AMP must be carried in an aircraft when the aircraft is engaged in activities authorized by the AMP…

(a) Upon the filing of a properly executed application and payment of the fee specified by § 53.15 of this title (relating to Miscellaneous Fisheries and Wildlife Licenses and Permits), the department may issue or renew an AMP to an individual if: (1) the applicant will use the A…

(a) Prior to managing wildlife or exotic animals, an AMP holder must submit to the department, on a department-approved form, an LOA for each tract of land where AMP activities are proposed to take place and may not conduct AMP activities until the department has approved the LOA…

The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. All other words and terms shall have the meanings assigned in § 65.3 of this title (relating to Statewide Hunting and Fishing Proclamati…

(a) Definitions. The following words and terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. All other words and terms in this section shall have the meanings assigned in the Texas Parks and Wildlife Code. (1) Aggregate acreage--Contiguous tra…

The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. All other words and terms in this chapter shall have the meanings assigned in the Texas Parks and Wildlife Code. (1) Arrow gun--A device th…

(a) Zones. (1) North Zone: That portion of the state north of a line beginning at the International Bridge south of Fort Hancock; thence north along FM 1088 to State Highway 20; thence west along State Highway 20 to State Highway 148; thence north along State Highway 148 to Inter…