Section 23.004 - Initiation of Proceeding(a) The commission may initiate a proceeding to suspend a person's license by filing a petition with the commission's appeals division.(b) The proceeding shall be conducted by the commission's appeals division. The proceeding is a contested case under Chapter 2001, Government Code, except that Section 2001.054 does not apply.(c) The executive commissioner or the executive commissioner's designated representative shall render a final decision or order in the proceeding. A reference to the commission in this chapter with respect to a final decision or order in the proceeding means the executive commissioner or the executive commissioner's designated representative.Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 23.004
Amended by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1,Sec. 4.038, eff. 4/2/2015.Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1153, Sec. 5.01(a), eff. 9/1/1997.