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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to reports to the legislature on administrative hearings |
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conducted by the State 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. QUARTERLY REPORTS TO LEGISLATURE. (a) Not |
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later than the 30th day following the end of each calendar quarter, |
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the office shall submit a report to the legislature indicating for |
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each county the total number of administrative hearings decided by |
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the office during the previous calendar quarter and, of those |
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hearings: |
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(1) the percentage in which the administrative law |
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judge decided in favor of the person who requested the hearing; and |
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(2) the percentage in which the administrative law |
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judge decided in favor of a state agency. |
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(b) Not later than the 30th day following the end of each |
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calendar quarter, each state agency shall submit a report to the |
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legislature indicating the total number of appeals from |
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administrative hearings held by the office that were decided during |
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the previous calendar quarter and, of those appeals: |
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(1) the percentage in which the court decided in favor |
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of the person who requested the hearing; and |
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(2) the percentage in which the court decided in favor |
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of the state agency. |
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SECTION 2. The State Office of Administrative Hearings and |
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each state agency subject to Section 2003.058, Government Code, as |
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added by this Act, shall submit the initial reports required by that |
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section not later than January 30, 2014, based on data from the |
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previous calendar quarter. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |