81R11413 YDB-D
By: Dutton H.B. No. 2349
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to reporting certain information on the Internet relating
to cases heard by administrative law judges employed by the State
Office of Administrative Hearings.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 2003, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 2003.058 to read as follows:
Sec. 2003.058. INTERNET REPORT. (a) The office shall post
on the office's Internet website at least once each quarter a report
on the total number of cases heard by each administrative law judge
employed by the office during the previous quarter.
(b) A report must be posted not later than the 30th day after
the last day of the quarter and must include:
(1) the name of each administrative law judge;
(2) the number of cases heard by the administrative
law judge during the quarter;
(3) the municipality, county, or region in which the
hearing was conducted or the final ruling was made;
(4) the category the office assigned to each case;
(5) the number of cases in which the administrative
law judge's decision was favorable to the state; and
(6) the number of cases in which the administrative
law judge's decision in favor of the state was appealed to the
courts and upheld by the reviewing court.
(c) Each administrative law judge employed by the office
shall provide the information required under this section to the
office not later than the 10th day after the last day of each
quarter.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.