Sec. 23.004. INITIATION OF PROCEEDING    


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  • (a) The department may initiate a proceeding to suspend a person's license by filing a petition with the department's hearings division.

    (b) The proceeding shall be conducted by the department's hearings division. The proceeding is a contested case under Chapter 2001, Government Code, except that Section 2001.054 does not apply.

    (c) The commissioner or the commissioner's designated representative shall render a final decision in the proceeding.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1153, Sec. 5.01(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997.