1. (a) The record in a contested case shall include:

   1. (1) all applications, answers, and other pleadings, and intermediate rulings;
   2. (2) evidence received or considered;
   3. (3) a statement of matters officially noticed;
   4. (4) questions and offers of proof, objections, and rulings on them;
   5. (5) proposed findings and exceptions thereto;
   6. (6) any decision, opinion, or report by the officer presiding at the hearing; and
   7. (7) all staff memoranda or data submitted to or considered by the hearing officer or members of the agency who are involved in making the decision.
2. (b) Findings of fact will be based exclusively on the evidence presented and matters officially noticed.

Source Note:The provisions of this §121.24 adopted to be effective January 22, 2001, 26 TexReg 980.