Tex. Lab. Code § 410.167 · Subchapter D. CONTESTED CASE HEARING

EX PARTE CONTACTS PROHIBITED.

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

A party and an administrative law judge may not communicate outside the contested case hearing unless the communication is in writing with copies provided to all parties or relates to procedural matters.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

Amended by:

Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 839 (H.B. 2111), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2017.

Source of truth

Edition: Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Official file: https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.410.htm
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