Regulatory Compliance Division - Determination Letters

The Regulatory Compliance Division of the Office of the Governor conducts an independent review of certain state agencies’ proposed rules that affect market competition to assess their consistency with state policy as clearly articulated by the Legislature in state statute. The division, after review of a proposed rule, issues a determination letter approving or rejecting the rule.

All of the division’s determination letters are available below:

Texas State Board of Public Accountancy

• Title 22 Texas Administrative Code §513.1 (2021-003)
• Title 22 Texas Administrative Code §523.132 and §§523.144-523.147 (2020-002 and 2020-003)

Texas Board of Architectural Examiners

• Title 22 Texas Administrative Code §§3.21, 3.22, and 3.191  (2021-007)
• Title 22 Texas Administrative Code §§1.211, 1.212, and 1.213 (2021-006)
• Title 22 Texas Administrative Code §§1.21 and 1.22 (2021-005)

Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council

• Title 22 Texas Administrative Code §§781.501 and 801.261 (2022-004 and 2022-005)
• Title 22 Texas Administrative Code §801.58 (2020-016)
• Title 22 Texas Administrative Code §885.1 (2020-011)
• Title 22 Texas Administrative Code §§882.23-882.27 (2020-010)
• Title 22 Texas Administrative Code §882.12 (2020-009)

Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners

• Title 22 Texas Administrative Code §§72.18 and 72.19 (2021-015)
• Title 22 Texas Administrative Code §73.4 (2020-004)

Texas State Board of Dental Examiners

• Title 22 Texas Administrative Code §§108.7 and 108.16 (2022-001)

Finance Commission of Texas 

• Texas Department of Banking, Title 7 Texas Administrative Code §§33.13 and 33.27 (2022-002)

Texas Department of Motor Vehicles

• Title 43 Texas Administrative Code §211.6 (2022-003)
• Title 43 Texas Administrative Code §§215.150-215.155, 215.158, and 215.505 (2021-020 and 2021-021)
• Title 43 Texas Administrative Code §§215.500, 215.504, and 218.72 (2020-020)
• Title 43 Texas Administrative Code §§206.22, 215.22, 215.55, and 215.59-215.63 (2020-019)
• Title 43 Texas Administrative Code §221.96 (2020-018)
• Title 43 Texas Administrative Code §§219.11 and 209.23 (2020-017)
• Title 43 Texas Administrative Code §221.15, §221.19, and §§221.111-221.114 (2020-015)
• Title 43 Texas Administrative Code §§215.88 and 215.89 (2020-014)
• Title 43 Texas Administrative Code §§211.1-211.5 (2020-013)
• Title 43 Texas Administrative Code §217.182 (2020-008)
• Title 43 Texas Administrative Code §217.22, §217.27, §217.32, §217.38, §217.41, §217.55, and §§217.58‐217.64 (2020-007)
• Title 43 Texas Administrative Code §217.3, §§217.141-217.143, and §§217.401-217.407 (2019-009)
• Title 43 Texas Administrative Code §§217.16 and 217.40 (2019-003)
• Title 43 Texas Administrative Code §217.2, §217.45, and §217.46 (2019-002)
• Title 43 Texas Administrative Code §215.161 (2019-001)

Texas Board of Nursing

• Title 22 Texas Administrative Code §§217.4 and 217.5 (2020-005)

Texas Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners

• Title 40 Texas Administrative Code §367.4 (2020-006)

Texas Optometry Board

• Title 22 Texas Administrative Code §273.17 (2022-006)
• Title 22 Texas Administrative Code §279.16 (2021-004)

Texas State Board of Pharmacy

• Title 22 Texas Administrative Code §§291.1, 291.3, and 291.14 (2020-021 and 2020-022)

Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners

• Title 22 Texas Administrative Code §§365.19-365.22 (2022-008)
• Title 22 Texas Administrative Code §§365.5, 365.22, and 365.24 (2021-009 and 2021-014)

Texas Real Estate Commission

• Title 22 Texas Administrative Code §535.209 and §§535.212-535.214 (2020-012)
• Title 22 Texas Administrative Code §535.209 and §§535.212-535.214 (2019-004)