Texas Administrative Code
Title 22 - EXAMINING BOARDS
Part 22 - TEXAS STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY
Chapter 519 - PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
Subchapter C - PROCEEDINGS AT SOAH
Section 519.40 - General Provisions
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) The board appoints SOAH or the executive director as provided for in § 519.24(f) of this chapter (relating to Committee Recommendations) to be its finder of fact in contested cases pursuant to §901.508 of the Act (relating to Right to Hearing). The board does not delegate and retains for itself the right to determine the sanctions and make the final decision in any contested case.
(b) SOAH hearings of contested cases shall be conducted in accordance with the APA by an ALJ assigned by SOAH. Jurisdiction over the case is acquired by SOAH when the board staff files a request to docket case.
(c) For administrative hearings or proceedings covered by the APA a witness called by the board is entitled to receive reimbursement from the board for meals, lodging and mileage while going to and returning from the place of the hearing or proceeding if the hearing or proceeding is more than 25 miles from the place of residence of the witness, and such reimbursement will be at the rate:
(d) The board will pay the witness a $50.00 fee for each day or portion of day the witness appears on behalf of the board at a SOAH docketed administrative hearing or related proceeding the witness attends.