- (a) If the person notified under Section 252.066 requests a hearing, an administrative law judge shall set a hearing and the department shall give written notice of the hearing to the person.
- (b) The administrative law judge shall make findings of fact and conclusions of law and shall promptly issue to the department a proposal for decision as to the occurrence of the violation and a recommendation as to the amount of the proposed penalty if a penalty is determined to be warranted.
- (c) Based on the findings of fact and conclusions of law and the recommendations of the administrative law judge, the department by order may find that a violation has occurred and may assess a penalty or may find that no violation has occurred.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 534, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0789, eff. April 2, 2015.