Guides: Historical Administrative Rules & Regulations: Texas Rules

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Texas Administrative Code (TAC)

The Texas Administrative Code is a compilation of all state agency rules in Texas. It is continuously updated as rules are adopted or repealed.

1979–present — Texas Administrative Code
Current print copies available at the library's reference desk. Older print copies are held in the library's archive and can be requested from a librarian.
1999–present — Texas Administrative Code: Search
The Texas Secretary of State's TAC search feature can locate rules as they stood historically, going back to 1999. See their guidelines for tips on using this search feature.
Current — Texas Administrative Code
The current version of the Texas Administrative Code is published on the Texas Secretary of State's website.

Texas Register

The Texas Register is a weekly journal of Texas state agency rulemaking. It includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents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 rules are adopted, they are codified and published in the Texas Administrative Code.

1976–present — Texas Register
UNT's Portal to Texas History provides access to all historical versions of the Texas Register, beginning with Volume 1, No. 1 (January 6, 1976) up to within a week of the most currently released issue.
1976–present — Texas Register
Current print copies available for checkout. Older print copies are held in the library's archive and can be requested at the library's reference desk.
1/28/2000–present — Texas Register: Search
The Texas Secretary of State's Office Texas Register search feature can locate entries in the Texas Register back to January 28th, 2000. See their guidelines for tips on using this search feature.
1997–present — Texas Register Indexes
The Texas Secretary of State's Office provides Texas Register indexes starting in 1997.

Research Tips

Administrative Law Handbook: Rulemaking
This publication from the Texas Attorney General's Office describes Texas's rule-making process in depth.
Finding Texas Regulations
This guide describes how to find information in the Texas Register and the Texas Administrative Code. It is published by Tarlton Law Library, U.T. Austin School of Law.
Researching Texas Law: Administrative Rulemaking & Agency Procedure
This guide describes how to find final Texas rules as well as non-final Texas rules. It is published by the Dee J. Kelly Law Library, Texas A&M School of Law.

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