Sec. 31.203. APPEAL TO FINANCE COMMISSION    


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  • (a) In an appeal to the finance commission, the finance commission shall consider the questions raised by the application for review and may also consider additional matters pertinent to the appeal.

    (b) An order of the banking commissioner continues in effect pending review unless the order is stayed by the finance commission. The finance commission may impose any condition before granting a stay of the appealed order. The finance commission may not be required to accept additional evidence or hold an evidentiary hearing if a hearing was held and a record made before the banking commissioner. The finance commission shall remand the proceeding to the banking commissioner for the purpose of receiving any additional evidence the finance commission chooses to consider. A matter made confidential by law must be considered by the finance commission in a closed hearing.

    (c) A hearing before the finance commission may be conducted by a hearing officer on behalf of the finance commission.

Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.