Texas Government Code - GOV'T § 2005.004. Good Cause

(1) the number of permit applications to be processed exceeds by at least 15 percent the number of permit applications processed in the same quarter of the previous calendar year;

(2) the agency must rely on another public or private entity to process all or a part of the permit applications received by the agency, and the delay is caused by that entity;  or

(3) other conditions exist that give the agency good cause for exceeding the established period.