Texas Administrative Code
Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION
Part 1 - RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS
Chapter 1 - PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
Subchapter B - INITIATION OF CONTESTED CASE PROCEEDING
Section 1.24 - Show-Cause Proceedings
Current through Reg. 49, No. 12; March 22, 2024
(a) In response to a written complaint or on the Commission's own motion, the Commission or the Hearings Director may issue a notice commanding a person subject to the Commission's jurisdiction to appear at a public hearing and show cause why the person should not be compelled to do the act required, or refrain from doing an act, or why the Commission should not take the proposed action.
(b) The respondent in a show-cause proceeding shall have the burden of proof which is a preponderance of the evidence.
(c) On the respondent's failure to appear at the hearing or meet its burden of proof, the respondent may be compelled to do the act required or to refrain from doing an act, or the Commission may take the proposed action.
