Sec. 502.159. EX PARTE COMMUNICATION PROHIBITED. A board member or department employee who performs functions for the board and who is assigned to make a decision, a finding of fact, or a conclusion of law in a proceeding pending before the board may not directly or indirectly communicate with a party to the proceeding or the party's representative unless notice and an opportunity to participate are given to each party to the proceeding.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
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