1. (a) A person who receives notice of the department's intention to deny an application for an inspector certificate, or to suspend or revoke an inspector certificate and seeks an administrative hearing as provided in Texas Transportation Code, §548.407(f) may choose to have an informal, preliminary hearing prior to proceeding to the administrative hearing before the State Office of Administrative Hearings (SOAH). The preliminary hearing will be conducted by telephone, by department personnel, prior to the scheduling of the SOAH hearing.
2. (b) Following the informal hearing, the hearing officer will issue a written statement of findings to the person at the address on file. Unless the findings result in the dismissal of the matter and rescission of the proposed action, or the applicant or certificate holder accepts the findings and chooses to withdraw the appeal, the department will schedule the administrative hearing before SOAH.

Source Note:The provisions of this §23.63 adopted to be effective March 15, 2018, 43 TexReg 1444.