Sec. 2005.003.  PERMIT PROCESSING PERIODS.  (a)  A state agency that issues permits shall adopt procedural rules for processing permit applications and issuing permits.
(b)  The rules must specify:
(1)  the period, beginning on the date the agency receives an initial permit application, in which the agency must provide written notice to the applicant:
(A)  stating that the permit application is complete and accepted for filing;  or
(B)  stating that the permit application is incomplete and specifying the additional information required for acceptance;  and
(2)  the period, beginning on the date the agency receives a complete permit application, in which the agency must deny or approve the permit application.
(c)  A state agency may establish separate rules under this section for contested and uncontested cases.
(d)  A state agency shall publish with rules proposed under this section:
(1)  a statement of the agency's minimum, maximum, and median times for processing a permit application from the date the agency received an initial permit application to the date of the final permit decision using the agency's performance in the 12 months preceding the date the proposed rules are published;  and
(2)  a justification of the periods proposed by the rules.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.