Texas Administrative Code
Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION
Part 1 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Chapter 1 - MANAGEMENT
Subchapter E - PROCEDURES IN CONTESTED CASE
Section 1.22 - Definitions
Current through Reg. 50, No. 13; March 28, 2025
The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1) APA--The Administrative Procedure Act (Government Code, Chapter 2001).
(2) Contested case--A proceeding in which the legal rights, duties, or privileges of a party are to be determined after opportunity for an adjudicative hearing.
(3) Department--The Texas Department of Transportation.
(4) Executive director--The chief administrative officer of the department.
(5) Judge--The administrative law judge assigned by the State Office of Administrative Hearings' chief administrative law judge to preside at an administrative hearing held under this subchapter.
(6) Party--A person, including the department, that is named or permitted to participate in a contested case hearing by the judge.
(7) Person--An individual, representative, corporation, or other entity, including any public or non-profit corporation, or any agency or instrumentality of federal, state, or local government.
(8) Petition--The document that initiates a contested case hearing.
(9) Petitioner--A person who files a petition under this subchapter.
(10) SOAH--The State Office of Administrative Hearings.
