Sec. 23.004. INITIATION OF PROCEEDING. (a) The commission may initiate a proceeding to suspend a person's license by filing a petition with the commission's appeals division.
(b) The proceeding shall be conducted by the commission's appeals division. The proceeding is a contested case under Chapter 2001, Government Code, except that Section 2001.054 does not apply.
(c) The executive commissioner or the executive commissioner's designated representative shall render a final decision or order in the proceeding. A reference to the commission in this chapter with respect to a final decision or order in the proceeding means the executive commissioner or the executive commissioner's designated representative.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1153, Sec. 5.01(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 4.038, eff. April 2, 2015.
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