(a) A party may move with or without supporting affidavits for a summary disposition any time after an appeal has been referred for an adjudicative hearing. The motion for summary disposition shall specify the grounds for resolving the appeal without an evidentiary hearing. The motion and any supporting affidavits shall be filed and served at least 25 days before the time specified for the hearing. The motion may be granted if the pleadings, discovery, affidavits, stipulation of the parties, and authenticated or certified public records submitted in support of the motion show that there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and the moving party is entitled to summary disposition as a matter of law on the issues expressly set out in the motion.     
      (b) A proposal for decision by the administrative law judge recommending summary disposition is subject to exceptions in the same manner as a proposal for decision issued after an evidentiary hearing.     
     Source Note:        The provisions of this §43.39 adopted to be effective April 20, 1988, 13 TexReg 1672; amended to be effective June 9, 1999, 24 TexReg 4249; amended to be effective March 12, 2003, 28 TexReg 2115; amended to be effective March 8, 2007, 32 TexReg 1095