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TITLE 4AGRICULTURE
PART 2TEXAS ANIMAL HEALTH COMMISSION
CHAPTER 32HEARING AND APPEAL PROCEDURES
RULE §32.1Definitions

The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

  (1) Act--The Administrative Procedure Act, Texas Government Code, Chapter 2001.

  (2) Administrative Law Judge (ALJ)--A person designated by the State Office of Administrative Hearings (SOAH) to conduct proceedings pursuant to the Act.

  (3) Commission--The Texas Animal Health Commission.

  (4) Commissioner--A member of the commission appointed by the Governor.

  (5) Contested case--A proceeding in which the legal rights, duties, or privileges of a party are to be determined by the commission pursuant to the Act after an opportunity for adjudicative hearing.

  (6) Executive director--The executive director of the Texas Animal Health Commission.

  (7) Final order--The commission's final written disposition of a contested case, whether affirmative, negative, injunctive, or declaratory.

  (8) Party--A person or agency named or admitted as an applicant, complainant, petitioner, intervenor, protestant, or respondent in a proceeding before the commission.

  (9) Person--An individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental subdivision, or public or private organization of any character.


Source Note: The provisions of this §32.1 adopted to be effective December 18, 1992, 17 TexReg 8287; amended to be effective September 6, 1998, 23 TexReg 8828; amended to be effective February 15, 2024, 49 TexReg 633

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