Texas § 2003.909 DESIGNATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE; LOCATION OF HEARING.

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§ 2003.909 — DESIGNATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE; LOCATION OF HEARING.

Texas § 2003.909

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Tex. Government Code Code Ann. § 2003.909 (2026).

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Sec. 2003.909. DESIGNATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE; LOCATION OF HEARING.

(a)As soon as practicable after the office receives a notice of appeal and the filing fee, the office shall designate an administrative law judge to hear the appeal.

(b)As soon as practicable after the administrative law judge is designated, the administrative law judge shall set the date, time, and place of the hearing on the appeal. (b-1) If all or part of the property that is the subject of the appeal is located in a municipality listed in Section 2003.902 , the administrative law judge shall set the hearing in that municipality. If no part of the property that is the subject of the appeal is located in a municipality listed in Section 2003.902 , the administrative law judge shall set the hearing in the liste

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Sec. 2003.909. DESIGNATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE; LOCATION OF HEARING. (a) As soon as practicable after the office receives a notice of appeal and the filing fee, the office shall designate an administrative law judge to hear the appeal.
(b) As soon as practicable after the administrative law judge is designated, the administrative law judge shall set the date, time, and place of the hearing on the appeal.
(b-1) If all or part of the property that is the subject of the appeal is located in a municipality listed in Section 2003.902 , the administrative law judge shall set the hearing in that municipality. If no part of the property that is the subject of the appeal is located in a municipality listed in Section 2003.902 , the administrative law judge shall set the hearing in the listed municipality that is nearest to the subject property.
(c) The hearing must be held in a building or facility that is owned or partly or entirely leased by the office, except that if the office does not own or lease a building or facility in the municipality in which the hearing is required to be held, the hearing may be held in any public or privately owned building or facility in that municipality, preferably a building or facility in which the office regularly conducts business. The hearing may not be held in a building or facility that is owned, leased, or under the control of an appraisal district.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1180 (H.B. 3612 ), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2010. Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 851 (H.B. 316 ), Sec. 6, eff. January 1, 2014. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 851 (H.B. 316 ), Sec. 7, eff. January 1, 2014.