- (a) The commissioner may designate and appoint a hearings examiner to act on his or her behalf in conducting any hearing or proceeding held under this chapter and to prepare proposals for decision on those hearings.
- (b) The hearings examiner has the authority to administer oaths; call and examine witnesses; issue subpoenas; make rulings on motions, admissibility of evidence, and amendments to pleadings; maintain decorum; schedule and recess the proceedings from day to day; and make any other orders as justice requires.
- (c) If the hearings examiner is unable to continue presiding over a case at any time before the final decision, another examiner will be appointed who shall perform any remaining function without the necessity of repeating any previous proceedings.
Source Note:The provisions of this §157.1043 adopted to be effective April 7, 1993, 18 TexReg 1928.