Texas Administrative Code
Title 4 - AGRICULTURE
Part 2 - TEXAS ANIMAL HEALTH COMMISSION
Chapter 32 - HEARING AND APPEAL PROCEDURES
Section 32.1 - Definitions
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
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 an adjudicative hearing.
(6) cutive 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.
