Amend HB 1672 (house committee report) on page 1 by striking lines 7 through 24 and substituting the following:

SECTION 1.  Section 643.2526, Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 643.2526.  APPEAL OF CERTAIN DEPARTMENT ACTIONS [DENIAL OF REGISTRATION, RENEWAL, OR REREGISTRATION]. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a denial of an application for registration, renewal of registration, or reregistration under this chapter, or a revocation or suspension of a registration or placement on probation of a motor carrier requested under Section 643.252(b), is not required to be preceded by notice and an opportunity for hearing.

(b)  An action described by Subsection (a) [applicant] may be appealed to [appeal a denial under this chapter by filing an appeal with] the department not later than the 26th day after the date the department issues notice of the action [denial to the applicant].

(c)  If the appeal [of the denial] is successful [and the application is found to be compliant with this chapter], the application is [shall be] considered to have been properly filed or the revocation, suspension, or probation is considered to have ended on the date the finding is entered.