Amend SB 637 by adding the following section, appropriately
numbered, and renumbering the existing sections appropriately:
SECTION ____. Section 2001.145, Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 2001.145. MOTIONS FOR REHEARING: PREREQUISITES TO
APPEAL. (a) A timely motion for rehearing is a prerequisite to an
appeal in a contested case except that a motion for rehearing of a
decision or order that is final under Section 2001.144(a)(3) or (4)
is not a prerequisite for appeal.
(b) A decision that is final under Section 2001.144(a)(2),
<or> (3), or (4) is appealable.