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TITLE 1ADMINISTRATION
PART 10DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION RESOURCES
CHAPTER 213ELECTRONIC AND INFORMATION RESOURCES
SUBCHAPTER BACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS FOR STATE AGENCIES
RULE §213.10Software Applications and Operating Systems

Effective April 18, 2020, unless an exception is approved by the agency head or an exemption has been made for specific technologies pursuant to §213.17 of this chapter, all software applications and operating systems EIR developed, procured, or changed by a state agency shall comply with the standards described in this subchapter. Each state agency shall comply with the following standards referenced in Section 508 Appendix C:

  (1) Chapter 7, §702.10 (WCAG 2.0 Level AA excluding Guideline 1.2 Time Based Media);

  (2) Chapter 5, §502 Interoperability with Assistive Technology;

  (3) Chapter 5, §503 Applications; and

  (4) Chapter 5, §504 Authoring Tools.


Source Note: The provisions of this §213.10 adopted to be effective April 27, 2006, 31 TexReg 3379; amended to be effective September 16, 2008, 33 TexReg 7744; amended to be effective September 18, 2014, 39 TexReg 7565; amended to be effective December 12, 2019, 44 TexReg 7679

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