Title GV, Government Code

Sec. 2001.221. DRIVER'S LICENSES. This chapter does not apply to a suspension, revocation, cancellation, denial, or disqualification of a driver's license or commercial driver's license as authorized by: (1) Subchapter N, Chapter 521, Transportation Code, except Sections 521.304 …

Sec. 2001.222. STATE AGENCY PERSONNEL RULES AND PRACTICES. This chapter does not apply to matters related solely to the internal personnel rules and practices of a state agency. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

Sec. 2001.223. EXCEPTIONS FROM DECLARATORY JUDGMENT, COURT ENFORCEMENT, AND CONTESTED CASE PROVISIONS. Section 2001.038 and Subchapters C through H do not apply to: (1) except as provided by Subchapter D, Chapter 545, the granting, payment, denial, or withdrawal of financial or m…

Sec. 2001.224. TEXAS EMPLOYMENT COMMISSION. Section 2001.038 and Subchapters C through H do not apply to a hearing by the Texas Employment Commission to determine whether or not a claimant is entitled to unemployment compensation, and the remainder of this chapter does not apply …

Sec. 2001.225. CERTAIN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CODE APPEALS. Section 2001.176(b)(1) does not apply to an appeal under Section 32.18, Alcoholic Beverage Code. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

Sec. 2001.226. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND TEXAS BOARD OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE. This chapter does not apply to a rule or internal procedure of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice or Texas Board of Criminal Justice that applies to an inmate or any other person under …

Sec. 2001.227. TEXAS CIVIL COMMITMENT OFFICE. This chapter does not apply to a rule or internal procedure of the Texas Civil Commitment Office that applies to a person who is civilly committed as a sexually violent predator under Chapter 841, Health and Safety Code, or to an acti…

Sec. 2001.901. APPEAL FROM DISTRICT COURT. (a) A party may appeal a final district court judgment under this chapter in the manner provided for civil actions generally. (b) An appeal bond may not be required of a state agency. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. …

Sec. 2001.902. SAVING CLAUSE. This chapter does not repeal a statutory provision that confers investigatory authority on a state agency, including a provision that grants an agency the power, in connection with investigatory authority, to: (1) take depositions; (2) administer oat…

Sec. 2001.903. RECOVERY OF ATTORNEY'S FEES AND COSTS IN CONTESTED CASES INVOLVING FRIVOLOUS REGULATORY ACTION. The administrative law judge in a contested case may award a person, in addition to all other costs allowed by law or rule, an amount not to exceed $1 million for reason…

Sec. 2002.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Administrative code" means the Texas Administrative Code. (2) "Internet" means the largest nonproprietary nonprofit cooperative public computer network, popularly known as the Internet. (3) "State agency" means a state officer, bo…

Sec. 2002.002. PURPOSE. It is the public policy of this state to provide adequate and proper public notice of proposed state agency rules and state agency actions through publication of a state register. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. SUBCHAPT…

Sec. 2002.011. TEXAS REGISTER. The secretary of state shall compile, index, cross-index to statute, and publish a publication to be known as the Texas Register. The register shall contain: (1) notices of proposed rules issued and filed in the office of the secretary of state as p…

Sec. 2002.012. SUMMARIES OF OPINIONS AND REQUESTS FOR OPINIONS. The attorney general or the Texas Ethics Commission, as appropriate, shall prepare and forward to the secretary of state for publication in the Texas Register: (1) summaries of requests for opinions under Section 200…

Sec. 2002.013. FREQUENCY OF PUBLICATION. The secretary of state shall publish the Texas Register at regular intervals, but not less often than 52 times each calendar year. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 502…

Sec. 2002.014. OMISSION OF INFORMATION. The secretary of state may omit information from the Texas Register if: (1) the secretary determines that publication of the information would be cumbersome, expensive, or otherwise inexpedient; (2) on application to the adopting state agen…

Sec. 2002.015. DISTRIBUTION. (a) On request, the secretary of state shall make one copy of each issue of the Texas Register available without charge to: (1) each board, commission, and department with statewide jurisdiction; (2) the governor; (3) the lieutenant governor; (4) the …

Sec. 2002.0151. ELECTRONIC AVAILABILITY OF TEXAS REGISTER. (a) Subject to Subsection (e), the secretary of state: (1) shall make the full text of the Texas Register available to the public through the Internet at no charge; and (2) may make the full text of the Texas Register ava…

Sec. 2002.016. FILING PROCEDURES. (a) To file a document for publication in the Texas Register, a state agency shall, during normal working hours: (1) deliver to the office of the secretary of state two certified copies of the document for filing; or (2) send to the secretary of …

Sec. 2002.017. RULES. (a) The secretary of state may adopt rules to ensure the effective administration of this subchapter, including rules prescribing paper size and the format of documents required to be filed for publication. (b) The secretary of state may refuse to accept for…

Sec. 2002.018. MICROFILM AND ELECTRONIC STORAGE. The secretary of state may maintain on microfilm or on an electronic storage and retrieval system the files of state agency rules and other information required to be published in the Texas Register. After microfilming or electroni…

Sec. 2002.019. TABLE OF CONTENTS; INDEX. (a) Each issue of the Texas Register must contain a table of contents. (b) A cumulative index to all information required to be published in the Texas Register during the previous year shall be published at least once each year. Added by A…

Sec. 2002.020. CERTIFICATION. An official of a submitting state agency who is authorized to certify documents of the agency must certify each document that is filed with the secretary of state for publication. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

Sec. 2002.021. AGENCY LIAISON. A state agency shall designate at least one individual to act as a liaison through whom all required documents may be submitted to the secretary of state for filing and publication. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

Sec. 2002.022. EVIDENTIARY VALUE OF TEXAS REGISTER; CITATION. (a) The contents of the Texas Register are to be judicially noticed and are prima facie evidence of the text of the documents and of the fact that they are in effect on and after the date of the notation. (b) Without p…

Sec. 2002.023. EXCEPTIONS. This subchapter does not apply to: (1) a suspension, revocation, cancellation, denial, or disqualification of a driver's license or commercial driver's license as authorized by: (A) Subchapter N, Chapter 521, Transportation Code, except Sections 521.304…

Sec. 2002.051. PUBLICATION OF TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE. (a) The secretary of state shall compile, index, and publish a Texas Administrative Code. (b) The administrative code shall be periodically supplemented as necessary, but not less often than once each year. (c) The administ…

Sec. 2002.052. OMISSION OF INFORMATION. (a) The secretary of state may omit from the administrative code a rule that is general in form if its inclusion in the code is impracticable, undesirable, or unnecessary because it is of local or limited application. (b) The secretary of s…

Sec. 2002.053. PURCHASE AND RESALE OF ADMINISTRATIVE CODE. (a) To promote efficiency and economy in state government, the secretary of state may periodically purchase copies of the administrative code for resale and distribution to other branches of state government, state agenci…

Sec. 2002.054. EVIDENTIARY VALUE OF ADMINISTRATIVE CODE. State agency rules published in the administrative code, as approved by the secretary of state and as amended by documents later filed with the office of the secretary: (1) are to be judicially noticed; and (2) are prima fa…

Sec. 2002.055. RULES. (a) The secretary of state may adopt rules to ensure the effective administration of this subchapter. (b) The rules may establish: (1) titles of the administrative code; and (2) a system of classification of the subject matter of the administrative code. Add…

Sec. 2002.056. CONFIDENTIALITY OF DATA BASE. (a) The data base for the administrative code is exempt from disclosure under Chapter 552. (b) In this section, "data base" means the machine-readable form of the material prepared for and used in the publication of the administrative …

Sec. 2002.057. ELECTRONIC AVAILABILITY OF ADMINISTRATIVE CODE. (a) Subject to Subsection (d), the secretary of state: (1) shall make the full text of the administrative code available to the public through the Internet at no charge, and update the text that is available through t…

Sec. 2002.058. OBSOLETE OR INVALID RULES. (a) Unless the law provides otherwise, the secretary of state shall remove a state agency's rules from the administrative code after the agency has been abolished. If the legislature transfers the abolished agency's rules to another state…

Sec. 2003.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Administrative law judge" means an individual who presides at an administrative hearing held under Chapter 2001. (2) "Alternative dispute resolution procedure" has the meaning assigned by Section 2009.003. (3) "Office" means the S…

Sec. 2003.021. OFFICE. (a) The State Office of Administrative Hearings is a state agency created to serve as an independent forum for the conduct of adjudicative hearings in the executive branch of state government. The purpose of the office is to separate the adjudicative functi…

Sec. 2003.022. CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE. (a) The office is under the direction of a chief administrative law judge appointed by the governor for a two-year term that expires on May 15 of each even-numbered year. The chief administrative law judge is eligible for reappointme…

Sec. 2003.0221. REMOVAL OF CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE. It is a ground for removal from the position of chief administrative law judge that an appointee: (1) does not have at the time of taking office the qualifications required by Section 2003.022(b); (2) does not maintain du…

Sec. 2003.0225. CONFLICT OF INTEREST. (a) In this section, "Texas trade association" means a cooperative and voluntarily joined statewide association of business or professional competitors in this state designed to assist its members and its industry or profession in dealing wit…

Sec. 2003.0226. INFORMATION REGARDING REQUIREMENTS FOR EMPLOYMENT AND STANDARDS OF CONDUCT. The chief administrative law judge or the chief administrative law judge's designee shall provide to office employees, as often as necessary, information regarding the requirements for emp…

Sec. 2003.023. SUNSET PROVISION. The State Office of Administrative Hearings is subject to review under Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act), but is not abolished under that chapter. The office shall be reviewed during the periods in which state agencies abolished in 2031 and every 12t…

Sec. 2003.024. INTERAGENCY CONTRACTS; ANTICIPATED HOURLY USAGE AND COST ESTIMATES. (a) If a state agency referred matters to the office during any of the three most recent state fiscal years for which complete information about the agency's hourly usage is available and the costs…

Sec. 2003.025. REQUIRED INFORMATION REGARDING ANTICIPATED HOURLY USAGE. (a) This section applies to a state agency that has entered into a contract with the office for the conduct of hearings and alternative dispute resolution procedures for the agency, including a contract under…

Sec. 2003.041. EMPLOYMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES. (a) The chief administrative law judge shall employ administrative law judges to conduct hearings for state agencies subject to this chapter. (b) To be eligible for employment with the office as an administrative law judge, …

Sec. 2003.0411. SENIOR AND MASTER ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES. (a) The chief administrative law judge may appoint senior or master administrative law judges to perform duties assigned by the chief administrative law judge. (b) To be appointed a senior administrative law judge, a pe…

Sec. 2003.0412. EX PARTE CONSULTATIONS. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the provisions of Section 2001.061 apply in relation to a matter before the office without regard to whether the matter is considered a contested case under Chapter 2001. (b) The provisions of Secti…