(a) Within this subchapter a digital signature may be used to authenticate a written electronic communication sent to the Agency if it complies with the following factors:
- (1) it is unique to the person or individual using it;
- (2) it is capable of independent verification;
- (3) it is under the sole control of the person or individual using it; and
- (4) it is transmitted in a manner that shall make it infeasible to change the data in the communication without invalidating the digital signature.
- (b) In this section, digital signature means an electronic identifier intended by the person or individual using it to have the same force and effect as the use of a manual signature.
Source Note:The provisions of this §815.103 adopted to be effective November 6, 2000, 25 TexReg 11093.