By Brimer H.B. No. 1543
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1543:
By Hilbert C.S.H.B. No. 1543
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the finality of contested case orders rendered by state
1-3 agencies.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 2001.144(a), Government Code, is amended
1-6 to read as follows:
1-7 (a) A decision in a contested case is final:
1-8 (1) if a motion for rehearing is not filed on time, on
1-9 the expiration of the period for filing a motion for rehearing;
1-10 (2) if a motion for rehearing is filed on time, on the
1-11 date:
1-12 (A) the order overruling the motion for
1-13 rehearing is rendered; or
1-14 (B) the motion is overruled by operation of law;
1-15 [or]
1-16 (3) if a state agency finds that an imminent peril to
1-17 the public health, safety, or welfare requires immediate effect of
1-18 a decision or order, on the date the decision is rendered; or
1-19 (4) on the date specified in the order for a case in
1-20 which all parties agree to the specified date in writing or on the
1-21 record, if the specified date is not later than the 20th day after
1-22 the date the order was rendered.
1-23 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
1-24 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-1 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-2 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-3 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-4 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.