88R8903 SCP-D
By: Dutton H.B. No. 2161
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to reports to the legislature on administrative hearings
conducted 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. QUARTERLY REPORTS TO LEGISLATURE. (a) Not
later than the 30th day following the end of each calendar quarter,
the office shall submit a report to the legislature indicating for
each county the total number of administrative hearings decided by
the office during the previous calendar quarter and, of those
hearings:
(1) the percentage in which the administrative law
judge decided in favor of the person who requested the hearing; and
(2) the percentage in which the administrative law
judge decided in favor of a state agency.
(b) Not later than the 30th day following the end of each
calendar quarter, each state agency shall submit a report to the
legislature indicating the total number of appeals from
administrative hearings held by the office that were decided during
the previous calendar quarter and, of those appeals:
(1) the percentage in which the court decided in favor
of the person who requested the hearing; and
(2) the percentage in which the court decided in favor
of the state agency.
SECTION 2. The State Office of Administrative Hearings and
each state agency subject to Section 2003.058, Government Code, as
added by this Act, shall submit the initial reports required by that
section not later than January 30, 2024, based on data from the
previous calendar quarter.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.