A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Mark White, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Authority of legislature to permit taxing districts to exempt automobiles from property tax on a local option basis.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John L. Hill, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Authority of Air Control Board to grant variances under the Clean Air Act.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John L. Hill, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Authority of county treasurer with respect to payment of jurors.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John L. Hill, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Duty of clerks of court when called upon to file pleadings not certified as having been delivered or mailed to the adverse party or his attorneys.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Crawford Martin, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the nepotism statutes prohibit a member of one house of the Legislature from employing a person of his staff who is not related to him but is related within the second degree of affinity or the third degree of consanguinity to a member of the other house of the Legislature, and a related question.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John L. Hill, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Are alien children whose parents are illegally residing in this county entitled to attend public schools.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John L. Hill, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Difference between "pardon" and "restoration of citizenship" under article 42.12, section 24, Code of Criminal Procedure.

Letter opinion issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John L. Hill, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: The constitutionality of Senate Bill 373, allowing the Texas Dept. of Corrections to grant temporary furloughs to inmates to attend to medical treatment or attend to family emergencies.

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This report is on Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Assistance: Federal Organization and Programs.

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The transformation between ''current'' quarks and ''constituent'' quarks recently suggested by Melosh is examined with respect to its predictions for pionic decays of resonances. It implies the use of SU(6)/sub W/ for classifying particle states but not for describing decay processes. lnstead, pion emission proceeds via DELTA L/sub z/ = 0, plus or minus 1, where L is the internal (''quark'') orbital angular momentum. This decay symmetry is called SU(6)/sub W/ (DELTA L/sub z/ = 0, plus or minus 1). It is proven equivalent for any decay A yields B + pi (where A, B are arbitrary qq-bar or qqq hadrons) to the /sup 3/P/sub 0/ quark-pair creation model for such decays, as formulated by Micu, Colglazier, Petersen and Rosner. The roles of final orbital angular momenta l and of SU(3) x SU(3) subgroups of SU(6)w are also discussed, and some new predictions are made for decays of meson resonances below 1700 MeV. (auth)

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Gamma-ray spectrometric methods using high-resolution Ge(Li) and high purity Ge detectors have been used to quantify the concentrations and external exposure rates of radionuclides in the soil. These in situ methods have been used to study radionuclide deposition around nuclear power stations, the distribution of radionuclides at the Nevada Test Site, biogeochemical cycling of radionuclides, and the fate and impact of fallout radionuclides. Portable gamma-ray spectrometer systems used for various kinds of in situ field measurements include: large-volume coaxial Ge(Li) detectors for terrestrial gamma-ray surveys at several sites including preoperational nuclear power plants and for real-time measurements of nuclear reactor plume isotopic exposure rates; and planar, high purity Ge detectors for mapping /sup 241/Am and /sup 239/Pu soil concentrations, particularly at the Nevada Test Site. These applications are discussed along with a brief description of the methodology and techniques associated with in situ gamma-ray spectrometry.

Stress corrosion tests were conducted on 316 VIM/VAR stainless steel as part of the Tritium Facility's Quality Assurance Program. Initial results under severe conditions indicate earlier-than-expected failure. We are expanding our tests to further examine this problem.

Reported are: analytical R and D for the nuclear explosives program, analytical R and D for the energy programs, and special projects. (DLC)

A new method of injection into the AGS using a chopped H/sup -/ beam is proposed. Orbit control, control over the beam characteristics, and the implications for operating the rf system are considered.