- (a) The department may deny an application for a license or license renewal if the applicant fails to comply with a requirement of this chapter, a rule adopted by the department under this chapter, or a lawful order of the commissioner or the commissioner's designee.
- (b) The department may revoke, modify, or suspend a license or assess an administrative penalty against, place on probation, or reprimand a license holder for a violation of this chapter, a rule adopted by the department under this chapter, or a lawful order of the commissioner or the commissioner's designee.
- (c) If the department considers it necessary, the department may suspend a license without a hearing for one or more periods not to cumulatively exceed 30 days in one licensing period.
(d) During a period of license suspension or probation, the department may seal and restrict access to the warehouse operator's buildings, bins, or other similar structures used to receive, store, ship, or handle grain, for hire, and require the warehouse operator to:
- (1) maintain additional information in the records of the warehouse or report regularly to the department on matters that are the basis of the suspension or probation;
- (2) limit practice to the areas prescribed by the department;
- (3) operate under conditions or by methods prescribed by the department; or
- (4) continue or renew professional education until the person attains a degree of skill satisfactory to the department in those areas that are the basis of the suspension or probation.
- (e) Except as provided by Subsection (c), if the department proposes to deny, revoke, modify, or suspend a person's application or license or place a warehouse operator on probation, the person is entitled to a hearing conducted under Section 12.032. The decision of the department is appealable in the same manner as provided for contested cases under Chapter 2001, Government Code.
Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.95(49), eff. Sept. 1, 1995;
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 419, Sec. 1.10, 3.07, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Renumbered from Sec. 14.015 and amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1124, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.