RULES; APPLICATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case Texas Department of Public Safety v. Mendoza (1997)
Most recently applied in Texas Department of Public Safety v. Harris (November 2000)
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
(a) The department and the State Office of Administrative Hearings shall adopt rules to administer this chapter.
(b) Chapter 2001, Government Code, applies to a proceeding under this chapter to the extent consistent with this chapter.
(c) The State Office of Administrative Hearings may adopt a rule that conflicts with Chapter 2001, Government Code, if a conflict is necessary to expedite the hearings process within the time required by this chapter and applicable federal funding guidelines.
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.