Sec. 23.006. NOTICE    


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  • (a) On initiating a proceeding under Section 23.004, the department shall give the person named in the petition:

    (1) notice of the person's right to a hearing before the hearings division of the department;

    (2) notice of the deadline for requesting a hearing; and

    (3) a form requesting a hearing.

    (b) Notice under this section may be served as in civil cases generally.

    (c) The notice must state that an order suspending a license shall be rendered on the 60th day after the date of service of the notice unless by that date:

    (1) the person pays the amount owed to the department;

    (2) the person presents evidence of a payment history satisfactory to the department in compliance with a reasonable repayment schedule; or

    (3) the person appears at a hearing before the hearings division and shows that the request for suspension should be denied or stayed.

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