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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to reporting certain information on the Internet relating |
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to cases heard by administrative law judges employed by the State |
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Office of Administrative Hearings. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 2003, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 2003.058 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 2003.058. INTERNET REPORT. (a) The office shall post |
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on the office's Internet website at least once each quarter a report |
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on the total number of cases heard by each administrative law judge |
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employed by the office during the previous quarter. |
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(b) A report must be posted not later than the 30th day after |
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the last day of the quarter and must include: |
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(1) the name of each administrative law judge; |
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(2) the number of cases heard by the administrative |
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law judge during the quarter; |
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(3) the municipality, county, or region in which the |
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hearing was conducted or the final ruling was made; |
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(4) the category the office assigned to each case; |
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(5) the number of cases in which the administrative |
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law judge's decision was favorable to the state; and |
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(6) the number of cases in which the administrative |
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law judge's decision in favor of the state was appealed to the |
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courts and upheld by the reviewing court. |
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(c) Each administrative law judge employed by the office |
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shall provide the information required under this section to the |
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office not later than the 10th day after the last day of each |
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quarter. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |