Sec. 26.021.  DELEGATION OF HEARING POWERS.  (a)  The commission may authorize the chief administrative law judge of the State Office of Administrative Hearings to call and hold hearings on any subject on which the commission may hold a hearing.
(b)  The commission may also authorize the chief administrative law judge to delegate to one or more administrative law judges the authority to hold any hearing the chief administrative law judge calls.
(c)  At any hearing called under this section, the chief administrative law judge or the administrative law judge to whom a hearing is delegated may administer oaths and receive evidence.
(d)  The individual or individuals holding a hearing under the authority of this section shall report the hearing in the manner prescribed by the commission.
Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2207, ch. 870, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977;  Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 979, ch. 367, Sec. 8, eff. June 10, 1981;  Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 106, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1995;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1072, Sec. 17, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.