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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE |
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Title 8. DEATH AND DISPOSITION OF THE BODY |
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Subtitle C. CEMETERIES AND CREMATORIES |
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Chapter 712. PERPETUAL CARE CEMETERIES |
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Subchapter C. REGULATION AND ENFORCEMENT |
Sec. 712.0444. EMERGENCY ORDER
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(a) The commissioner may issue an emergency order that takes effect immediately if the commissioner finds that immediate and irreparable harm is threatened to the public or a plot owner, marker purchaser, or other person whose interests are protected by this chapter.
(b) An emergency order remains in effect unless stayed by the commissioner.
(c) The person named in the emergency order may request in writing, not later than the 18th day after the date the order is mailed, a hearing to show that the emergency order should be stayed. On receipt of the request, the commissioner shall set a time for the hearing not later than the 21st day after the date the commissioner received the request, unless extended at the request of the person named in the order.
(d) The hearing is an administrative hearing relating to the validity of findings that support immediate effect of the order.