| (a) The purpose of this chapter is to ensure that state
agency actions, subdivision actions and general plans subject to the
Texas Coastal Management Program (CMP) are consistent with the CMP
goals and policies. The commissioner of the General Land Office (commissioner)
intends to use the consistency process to:
(1) adequately identify, address, and resolve consistency
issues to the maximum extent practicable prior to final agency action;
(2) minimize the number of actions referred to the
commissioner for review or study by ensuring adequate review at the
agency level and by referring to the commissioner only those actions
that present unique or significant consistency issues;
(3) avoid the creation of an additional layer of bureaucracy;
(4) avoid subjecting to regulation actions not currently
subject to regulation; and
(5) provide procedural safeguards to ensure proper
notice, opportunity for hearing, and fairness in decision-making.
(b) Accordingly, it is the intent of the commissioner
that consistency be achieved primarily through individual agency rules
that will reflect the CMP goals and policies.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §29.10 adopted to be effective June 15, 1995, 19 TexReg 7670; amended to be effective November 3, 1995, 20 TexReg 8664; amended to be effective October 7, 2018, 43 TexReg 6452; transferred effective December 1, 2022, as published in the Texas Register October 28, 2022, 47 TexReg 7301 |
