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  By: Dutton H.B. No. 4158
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to prohibited denial of a stay of proceedings for a
  contested case for which an interlocutory appeal has been filed.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 2001, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 2001.063 to read as follows:
         Sec. 2001.063.  INTERLOCUTORY APPEAL. A state agency or an
  administrative law judge may not deny a request for a stay of
  proceedings in a contested case for which an interlocutory appeal
  has been filed.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.