84R11858 CJC-D
By: Darby H.B. No. 3981
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the final decision in a contested case regarding
occupational licensing before a State Office of Administrative
Hearings administrative law judge.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2001.058, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
(g) Notwithstanding Subsection (e) or any other law, in a
contested case before a state agency that concerns licensing in
relation to an occupational license and is not disposed of by
stipulation, agreed settlement, or consent order, an occupational
license holder may elect to have the administrative law judge
render the final decision in the contested case. If the license
holder elects to have the administrative law judge render the final
decision, the provisions applicable to a contested case under
Subsection (f) apply to a contested case described by this
subsection.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a contested case filed on or after the effective date of this
Act. A contested case filed before the effective date of this Act
is governed by the law in effect on the date the contested case was
filed, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.