Sec. 401.388. HEARING AND DECISION  


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  • (a) If the person charged requests a hearing, the commissioner shall order a hearing and shall give notice of that hearing.

    (b) The hearing shall be held by a hearing examiner designated by the commissioner.

    (c) The hearing examiner shall make findings of fact and promptly issue to the commissioner a written decision as to the occurrence of the violation and a recommendation of the amount of the proposed penalty if a penalty is warranted.

    (d) Based on the findings of fact and the recommendations of the hearing examiner, the commissioner by order may find that a violation has occurred and assess an administrative penalty or may find that no violation occurred.

    (e) All proceedings under Subsections (a)-(d) are subject to Chapter 2001, Government Code.

    (f) The commissioner shall give notice to the person charged of the commissioner's decision, and if the commissioner finds that a violation has occurred and an administrative penalty has been assessed, the commissioner shall give to the person charged written notice of:

    (1) the commissioner's findings;

    (2) the amount of the penalty; and

    (3) the person's right to judicial review of the commissioner's order.

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.95(49), 11.241, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1072, Sec. 56, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1009, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.