# 13 Tex. Admin. Code § 25.3: 13 TAC § 25.3. Site Investigations

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## Section

- **Citation:** 13 Tex. Admin. Code § 25.3
- **Heading:** 13 TAC § 25.3. Site Investigations
- **Jurisdiction:** Texas
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Texas Administrative Code / Title 13 CULTURAL RESOURCES / Part 2 TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION / Chapter 25 STATE ARCHEOLOGICAL PROGRAM / 13 TAC § 25.3

## Text

(a) Decisions. The choice to investigate a site or
 other historic resource is made by the state archeologist in consideration
 of the following:
(1) the nature and immediacy of any threat to the site
 or resource; and
(2) the site's significance as defined in §25.2
 of this title (relating to Determination of Significance).
(3) These decisions pertain to archeological sites
 on land. Decisions to investigate submerged sites such as historic
 shipwrecks will be governed by Chapter 28 of this title (relating
 to Historic Shipwrecks).
(b) Appointment of avocational assistant. The state
 archeologist may appoint avocational archeologists, such as stewards,
 to investigate or inventory historic resources threatened by immediate
 harm or to aid in mitigating the effect of damage. The appointed avocational
 archeologist(s) will work under the direction of the state archeologist.
 Such appointments do not supersede requirements specified in the Antiquities
 Code of Texas (Texas Natural Resources Code Chapter 191) or associated
 rules (Chapter 26 of this title) or any pertinent federal statutes
 and regulations.

## Nearby sections

- [13 Tex. Admin. Code § 25.1 13 TAC § 25.1. Definitions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_TAC_T13_P2_C25_S25_1.md)
- [13 Tex. Admin. Code § 25.2 13 TAC § 25.2. Determination of Significance](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_TAC_T13_P2_C25_S25_2.md)
- [13 Tex. Admin. Code § 25.3 13 TAC § 25.3. Site Investigations](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_TAC_T13_P2_C25_S25_3.md)
- [13 Tex. Admin. Code § 25.4 13 TAC § 25.4. Consultation](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_TAC_T13_P2_C25_S25_4.md)
- [13 Tex. Admin. Code § 25.5 13 TAC § 25.5. Inventory of Archeological Sites](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_TAC_T13_P2_C25_S25_5.md)
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- [13 Tex. Admin. Code § 25.8 13 TAC § 25.8. Investigations at Protected Archeological Sites](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_TAC_T13_P2_C25_S25_8.md)
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