Sec. 1001.029.  PUBLIC ACCESS AND TESTIMONY.  (a)  The commissioner shall develop and implement policies that provide the public with a reasonable opportunity to appear before the commissioner and to speak on any issue under the jurisdiction of the department.
(b)  The commissioner shall grant an opportunity for a public hearing before the council makes recommendations to the commissioner regarding a substantive rule if a public hearing is requested by:
(1)  at least 25 persons;
(2)  a governmental entity;  or
(3)  an association with at least 25 members.
(c)  The executive commissioner shall consider fully all written and oral submissions about a proposed rule.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 198, Sec. 1.09.