Texas State Office of Administrative Hearings
The Texas State Office of Administrative Hearings (SOAH) was created in 1991 by the 72nd Texas Legislature as an independent agency to manage and conduct hearings in contested cases for most licensing and other state agencies.[1] SOAH provides a forum for administrative hearings for agencies without staff to conduct hearings.[2] SOAH derives its authority from
SOAH currently conducts hearings for approximately 60 state agencies, including the Public Utility Commission, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Texas Department of Insurance, Employees Retirement System, Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, Texas Medical Board, Texas Department of Agriculture, Texas Commission on Law Enforcement, Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners, Texas Board of Dental Examiners, and other licensing and regulatory agencies.
References
- ^ Tex. Gov't Code §§ 2003.001 - 2003.914.
- ^ Tex. Govt. Code §2003.021(b)(1); see also House Comm. on State Affairs, Bill Analysis, Tex. S.B. 884, 72nd Leg., R.S. (1991).
- ^ See Act of June 15, 1991, 72nd Leg. R.S. ch. 591, 2127-28 (amended 1995, 1997, 1999) (current version at Tex. Govt. Code § 2003.042).
- ^ Tex. Govt. Code § 2001.003(7); See also Tex. Govt. Code § 2003.001(4).
- ^ Compare Tex. Govt. Code § 2003.021(a) with Sen. Comm. on State Affairs, Bill Analysis, Tex. S.B. 757, 76" Leg., R.S. (1999).
- ^ Tex. Govt. Code §2003.021(a).