(a)If, within twenty days after receiving a Notice of Alleged Violation, the Respondent fails to accept the commission's determination and recommended administrative penalty and/or sanction, or fails to make a written request for a hearing on the determination, the commission shall enter a default order against the Respondent, containing findings of fact and conclusions of law. (b)After receiving a notice proposing disapproval of an application an Applicant may request a hearing in writing within twenty days of receipt of the notice or forfeit the right to a hearing unless otherwise provided by applicable law. (c)The commission may delegate to the administrator the commission's authority to act under Texas Occupations Code §1101.704(b) and subsection (a) of this section. (d)1 TAC §155.55 (SOAH rules) applies where a Respondent fails to appear on the day and time set for administrative hearing. In that case, the commission's staff may move either for dismissal of the case from SOAH's docket or for the issuance of a default proposal for decision by the judge.
This agency hereby certifies that the emergency adoption
has been reviewed by legal counsel and found to be within the agency's
legal authority to adopt.
Filed with the Office
of the Secretary of State on August 13, 2007
TRD-200703569 Loretta DeHay
Interim Administrator and General Counsel
Texas Real Estate Commission
Effective Date: September 1, 2007
Expiration Date: December 29, 2007
For further information, please call: (512) 465-3900
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