(a) An applicant or owner may appeal any determination on a Part B or Part C application that a rehabilitation does not meet the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation under §13.6(d)(2)(C) or (e)(3)(B) of this chapter (relating to Application Review Process) and is therefore denied credits. A request for an appeal shall be made in writing to the Executive Director of the Texas Historical Commission, 1511 Colorado Street, Austin, Texas 78711, within 30 days of issuance of the decision that is the subject of the appeal.
(b) All information that the appellant wishes the Executive Director to consider shall be presented in writing. The Executive Director may request additional information from the appellant if the Executive Director determines such additional information is necessary to make a decision on the appeal.
(c) The Executive Director shall consider the appellant's previously submitted application materials, any further written submissions by the appellant, and other available information. The Executive Director may take into account new information not previously available or submitted, alleged errors in professional judgment, alleged prejudicial procedural errors, or other errors related to the previous determination on Part B or Part C of an application.
(d) The Executive Director's decision may reverse the appealed decision in whole or in part, affirm the appealed decision in whole or in part, or resubmit the matter to program staff for further consideration.
(e) A written decision on the appeal will be provided to the appellant no more than 60 days after the Executive Director receives an appeal under this rule; provided, however, that if the Executive Director requests additional information from the appellant then the written decision on the appeal will be provided within 60 days of the last materials provided in response to the Executive Director's request.
(f) The appellant may request that the Executive Director reconsider the Executive Director's decision on appeal. Such requests must be submitted to the address stated above no more than 30 days following issuance of the decision that is the subject of the request for reconsideration. The Executive Director may accept the request and reconsider the decision or deny the request. Appellants are not entitled to further review after the Executive Director's final decision upon a request for reconsideration.
(g) The appeals process established by this rule is not a contested case under Texas Government Code Chapter 2001 and does not grant any right to judicial review.

Source Note: The provisions of this §13.9 adopted to be effective October 31, 2019, 44 TexReg 6361