1 Tex. Admin. Code § 155.7 – Jurisdiction

(a) A case shall be commenced in the agency with appropriate subject matter jurisdiction.
(b) SOAH acquires jurisdiction over a case when an agency files a Request to Docket Case form. A separate Request to Docket Case form shall be completed and filed for each case referred to SOAH.
(c) A Request to Docket Case form shall be considered filed on the date the form is received by SOAH.
(d) A period of time established by these rules shall not begin to run until SOAH acquires jurisdiction over a case.

Source Note:The provisions of this §155.7 adopted to be effective October 5, 1992, 17 TexReg 6441; amended to be effective September 8, 1997, 22 TexReg 8537; amended to be effective April 28, 2002, 27 TexReg 3333.