| 1 | 1 | | 88R12647 MLH-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Lambert, Ashby H.B. No. 3575 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the hearings officer of the Texas Department of |
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| 8 | 8 | | Banking. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 11.202(b), Finance Code, is amended to |
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| 11 | 11 | | read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (b) The Texas Department of Banking may employ a hearings |
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| 13 | 13 | | officer to serve the finance agencies as determined by interagency |
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| 14 | 14 | | agreement. For the purposes of Section 2003.021, Government Code, |
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| 15 | 15 | | a hearings officer employed under this section may be retained |
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| 16 | 16 | | under contract to provide services on a part-time basis and is |
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| 17 | 17 | | considered to be an employee of each agency for which hearing |
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| 18 | 18 | | services are provided. The hearings officer's only duty under the |
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| 19 | 19 | | hearings officer's contract is to preside over matters related to |
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| 20 | 20 | | contested cases before a finance agency. |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 22 | 22 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 23 | 23 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 24 | 24 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 25 | 25 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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