SRC-SLL S.B. 637 75(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   S.B. 637
By: Brown
State Affairs
3-10-97
As Filed


DIGEST 

Currently, Texas law is silent on the date on which a decision is final in
certain contested cases.  This bill will provide the date on which a
decision is final in contested case orders rendered by state agencies. 

PURPOSE

As proposed, S.B. 637 provides the date on which a decision is final in
contested case orders rendered by state agencies. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Amends Section 2001.144(a), Government Code, to provide that a
decision in a contested case is final on the date specified in the order
for cases in which no party appeared in protest, provided that the
specified date cannot exceed the date the order was rendered by more than
20 days; if no date is specified the order becomes final under
Subparagraph (2). 

SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 1997.

SECTION 3. Emergency clause.