Texas Administrative Code › Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION › Part 4 - OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE › Chapter 91 - TEXAS REGISTER › Subchapter A - GENERAL › Section 91.2 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
					 have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise.
(1) APA--Administrative
				  Procedure Act, Government Code, Chapter 2001.
(2) Agency--A state officer, board,
				  commission, or department with statewide jurisdiction that makes rules or
				  determines contested cases other than an agency wholly financed by federal
				  money, the legislature, the courts, or an institution of higher
				  education.
(3) Certify--To confirm
				  that documents have been reviewed by legal counsel to determine that the rule
				  action is within the agency's legal authority to adopt or that the rule action
				  is a valid exercise of the agency's legal authority.
(4) Certifying official--An individual
				  authorized by an agency to certify documents submitted for filing with the
				  Texas Register, as authorized by the Government Code, §
										RSA
				  2002.020, concerning Certification.
(5) Electronic file--An electronic text file
				  consisting of either one or more miscellaneous documents or one or more
				  rulemaking documents submitted for publication in the
Texas
				  Register.
(6) Graphic
				  material--Charts, maps, spread sheets, pictures, equations, tables of two or
				  more columns, or any other type of information that requires special formatting
				  to be reproduced in the
Texas Register.
(7) Liaison--An individual designated by an
				  agency to act as its representative to the Texas Register, as authorized by the
				  Government Code, §
										RSA
				  2002.021, concerning Agency
				  Liaison.
(8) Miscellaneous
				  document--A nonrulemaking notice that is submitted for publication in the "In
				  Addition" section of the
Texas Register.
(9) Preamble--A narrative introduction to a
				  notice of rulemaking that conforms to the requirements of the Government Code,
				  §§
										RSA
				  2001.024,
				  RSA
				  2001.033, and
				  RSA
				  2001.034, for proposed, adopted, and
				  emergency rules. Two or more rulemaking documents may have a single or "common"
				  preamble, as long as they share the same chapter and fiscal note.
(10) Rule--Any agency statement of general
				  applicability that implements, interprets, or prescribes law or policy or
				  describes the procedure or practice requirements of an agency. It includes the
				  amendment or repeal of a prior rule, but does not include a statement regarding
				  only the internal management of a state agency not affecting private rights or
				  procedures.
(11) Rulemaking
				  document--Notice of proposed rulemaking, adopted rulemaking, emergency
				  rulemaking, or withdrawn rulemaking. In the context of rulemaking notices, a
				  "rulemaking document" may be referred to as a "document". If a group of
				  rulemaking notices share a common preamble as defined in paragraph (9) of this
				  section, each separate notice is still considered to be a "rulemaking
				  document".
(12) Section--A specific
				  numbered rule in the Texas Administrative Code.
(13) Signature--A signature required by
				  Government Code, §
										RSA
				  2002.016, Filing Procedures. It is not
				  limited to the cursive writing of a signer's name, but may be electronic,
				  printed, typed, stamped, or faxed, as authorized by the certifying official and
				  liaison.
(14) TAC--The Texas
				  Administrative Code, as established by the Government Code, Chapter
				  2002.
(15) Text only--The
				  electronic file format required by the Texas Register in document submissions.
				  Text only (.txt) excludes formatting such as indentations, type styles, and
				  special characters.
(16) TRD
				  number--The Texas Register docket number assigned to each document.
(17) Verify--To confirm that submitted
				  documents have been reviewed by the agency liaison and are correct in format,
				  structure, and content.