| (a) Hearing request must be in writing, correct and timely. In order to be considered timely, a hearing request containing all the information set forth in subsection (b) of this section must be received by the 15th day after the notice is presumed to have been received, according to the records of the department. (b) The hearing request must contain the following information: (1) full legal name; (2) date of birth; and (3) driver license number. (c) The written hearing request may be mailed, e-mailed or faxed to the department's Driver Improvement and Compliance Bureau in Austin at the address, e-mail address or fax number provided on the notice of suspension, revocation or disqualification. (d) A hearing request that fails to include one or more of the items of information required by subsection (b) of this section, or provides incorrect information, will not be deemed to be timely or correctly received. Nothing in this section is intended to prevent a person making a hearing request from supplementing or correcting information contained in a hearing request, provided that such supplementation or correction is received by the department before the deadline for requesting a hearing as set out in subsection (a) of this section. (e) A hearing request that is not delivered to the department in the manner prescribed in subsection (c) of this section will not be honored. (f) The department shall reject any untimely or incorrectly filed hearing requests. When a hearing request is received and rejected, the department shall mail written notice to the individual that the hearing request was received and rejected, and state the reason for the rejection. (g) Upon receipt of a timely and correctly submitted hearing request the department shall schedule a hearing on the matter and mail written notification of the hearing date and time. (h) If the licensee clearly denotes on the hearing request a residence address different than what is on file with the department, the department will schedule the hearing according to the new address. This report of an alternate address will not constitute a change of address and will not update the licensee's official driver record. The licensee must also file a change of address form with the department, in accordance with Texas Transportation Code, §521.054. |
