Texas Administrative Code
Title 31 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION
Part 1 - GENERAL LAND OFFICE
Chapter 17 - HEARING PROCEDURES FOR ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES AND REMOVAL OF UNAUTHORIZED OR DANGEROUS STRUCTURES ON STATE LAND
Section 17.22 - Parties to the Hearings

The General Land Office and all persons named in the hearing notice are parties to the hearing. Except for good cause, no person shall be admitted as a party unless the written request is received by the administrative hearings clerk of the General Land Office in Austin by the time set in the notice. The examiner shall notify, in writing or by telephone, if necessary, the persons admitted and the other parties. At the hearing, only those persons admitted as parties will be permitted to present evidence and argument and to cross-examine witnesses. The commissioner or his designee shall determine by whom and in what manner the agency will be represented at a hearing.