Texas Administrative Code
Title 31 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION
Part 1 - GENERAL LAND OFFICE
Chapter 29 - PROCEDURES FOR STATE CONSISTENCY WITH COASTAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAM GOALS AND POLICIES
Subchapter C - CONSISTENCY AND COMMISSIONER REVIEW OF PROPOSED STATE AGENCY ACTIONS
Section 29.36 - Standard of Commissioner Review of a Proposed Agency Action

Universal Citation: 31 TX Admin Code ยง 29.36

Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024

(a) The only basis on which the commissioner may protest a proposed agency action is that the proposed action is inconsistent with the CMP goals and policies.

(b) Following certification of an agency's rules as consistent with the CMP goals and policies pursuant to Subchapter B of this chapter:

(1) the commissioner shall presume that the agency's consistency determination is valid if it is supported by the agency's findings of fact and conclusions of law;

(2) the burden shall be on the person filing the request for referral to demonstrate that the agency's proposed action is inconsistent with the CMP goals and policies; and

(3) any thresholds for referral approved pursuant to § 29.26 of this chapter (relating to Approval of Thresholds for Referral) shall become operative and limit the commissioner's authority to review individual proposed actions of an agency as provided in § 29.32 of this chapter (relating to Requirements for Referral of a Proposed Agency Action).

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