Sec. 2306.0321.  APPEAL OF BOARD AND DEPARTMENT DECISIONS.  (a)  The board shall adopt rules outlining a formal process for appealing board and department decisions.
(b)  The rules must specify the requirements for appealing a board or department decision, including:
(1)  the persons eligible to appeal;
(2)  the grounds for an appeal;
(3)  the process for filing an appeal, including the information that must be submitted with an appeal;
(4)  a reasonable period in which an appeal must be filed, heard, and decided;
(5)  the process by which an appeal is heard and a decision is made;
(6)  the possible outcomes of an appeal;  and
(7)  the process by which notification of a decision and the basis for a decision is given.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1367, Sec. 1.06, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.