(a) With the exception of alternative mitigation and rock art preservation permits, a report must be submitted to the commission describing the results of each permitted investigation. The report should meet the Council of Texas Archeologists (CTA) Guidelines for Cultural Resources Management Full or Short Reports, and must be submitted to the commission meeting the following requirements.
  (1) The report must contain:
    (A) a title page that includes: the name of the investigation project, the name of the principal investigator and investigative firm, the county or counties in which the investigations were performed, the Antiquities Permit number, and the date of publication;
    (B) an abstract containing project field dates, project acreage, descriptions of the findings, a list of the sites recorded (with trinomials), and a clarification concerning which artifacts were curated and where they are or will be curated;
    (C) specific recommendations of which sites merit official designation as landmarks; which sites appear to be eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places; and which sites will be adversely affected by the proposed project; and
    (D) map(s) with accurate plottings of the project area and archeological sites.
  (2) One copy of the draft permit report and associated project area shapefiles must be submitted to the commission for review prior to the production of the final report. The draft report should contain all of the basic content elements required for the final report. The final report must also contain any revisions in the draft that are required in writing by the commission.
  (3) Upon completion of a permitted project, and at no charge to the commission, the permittee, sponsor, or principal investigator shall furnish the commission and the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, State Publications Depository Program (hereinafter, TSLAC) with printed copies of the final report. The commission's copies shall be one unbound copy and one bound copy containing at least one map with the plotted location of any and all sites recorded, and two versions of the final report in a tagged PDF format, one including the plotted location of any and all sites recorded and the other with the site location data redacted. The TSLAC copy shall be bound and should not contain the plotted location of sites.
  (4) A completed Abstracts in Texas Contract Archeology Summary Form must also be submitted with the final report. An electronic copy of the abstract and the completed abstract form must also be forwarded to the commission and, when appropriate, a Curation Form must also be submitted with the final report.
(b) When Antiquities Permit investigations result in negative findings, the report and curation standards shall meet the CTA Guidelines for Cultural Resources Management Short Reports, and Curation Standards and Procedures, and production must follow the same standards as set forth in subsection (a)(3) of this section.
(c) For reports related to alternative mitigation and rock art preservation permits any requirements will be stated in the permit conditions

Source Note: The provisions of this §26.16 adopted to be effective May 20, 2013, 38 TexReg 2980; amended to be effective December 31, 2017, 42 TexReg 7383; amended to be effective March 6, 2022, 47 TexReg 908